Spoon Scout

Special K Strawberry Banana Flavored Protein Shakes, Strawberry Banana

The Kellogg Company · Breakfast Drinks · barcode 00038000597237

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of breakfast drinks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Sucralose, Acesulfame potassium.
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. 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 all of them.
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to Sucralose, Acesulfame potassium.

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Sucralose (E955)

Only the shared rules above.

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for breakfast drinks

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.23, highest 2.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Orange juice, bottled/carton: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 4.49, highest 33.6 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

WATER, PROTEIN BLEND (WATER, NONFAT MILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF POLYDEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, CANOLA OIL, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, GELLAN GUM, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), SALT, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, VITAMIN E ACETATE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, BIOTIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, ZINC SULFATE, VITAMIN D3, MANGANESE SULFATE, VITAMIN K1, VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), RED 3, VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), POTASSIUM IODIDE, VITAMIN B12, FOLIC ACID, YELLOW 6, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, BLUE 1, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, SODIUM SELENITE, SWEETENED WITH NUTRITIVE AND NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENERS.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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