Kellogg Krave Treat Bars Brownie 1.58Oz
Kellogg Company US · Cereal/Muesli Bars · barcode 00038000105937
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cereal/muesli bars show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2020-02-27). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to Partially hydrogenated oils, Potassium iodate, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene), Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Potassium iodate, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene), Acetylated mono- and diglycerides, DATEM.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene), Acetylated mono- and diglycerides, DATEM.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source
Potassium iodate
Only the shared rules above.
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Acetylated mono- and diglycerides (E472a)
Only the shared rules above.
DATEM (E472e)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for cereal/muesli bars
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 7.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.3 kg (18 lb).One serving (1 bar, 45 g, from the label):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 20 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.47, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 28 ppb (2018-2020)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
KRAVE CEREAL (CHOCOLATE FLAVORED FILLING [SUGAR, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL, DRY MILK BLEND (WHEY POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CASEIN, NONFAT MILK), COCOA, SOY LECITHIN, MONOGLYCERIDES, VANILLA EXTRACT], WHOLE OAT FLOUR, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, IODIZED SALT [SALT, POTASSIUM IODATE], CALCIUM CARBONATE, COCOA POWDER, ARTIFICIAL CREAM FLAVOR, VITAMIN C [ASCORBIC ACID], REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN E ACETATE, ZINC OXIDE, BHT [PRESERVATIVE], VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN B6 [PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE], VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], FOLIC ACID), CORN SYRUP, FRUCTOSE, PALM OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS, SUGAR, CHOCOLATE FLAVORED COATING (SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL WITH SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, WHEY, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING), CHOCOLATE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, GLYCERIN, WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, COCOA, NONFAT MILK, GELATIN, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, SALT, DATEM , NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), BHT (PRESERVATIVE), CARAMEL COLOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.