Milk · barcode 00038000598340

Rich Chocolate Flavored Protein Shake, Rich Chocolate

Special K · The Kellogg Company

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives4 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of milk show what's typical. See levels
Others7 other milk products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
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
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
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
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
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
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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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
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
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
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
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
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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
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
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
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
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
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

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
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
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
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
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

Sucralose (E955)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E955. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
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
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

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E950. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
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
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

Typical for milk

Compared with FDA's reduced-fat chocolate milk: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Lead: typically 1.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 2.1 L (8¾ cups) a day; an adult at about 8.5 L (35½ cups).
One serving (1 cup):
11% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 2.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5.7 L (23¾ cups) a day; an adult at about 26 L (108¼ cups).
One serving (1 cup):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 5 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.9 L (8 cups) a day; an adult at about 8.8 L (36¾ cups).
One serving (1 cup):
13% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 21 of 27, average 1.03, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 27 of 27, average 2.65, highest 7 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 7 of 27, average 0.31, highest 1.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Milk, chocolate, lowfat, fluid: found in 20 of 20, average 5.56, highest 8.9 ppb (2008-2012)

"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 TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF MALTODEXTRIN, POLYDEXTROSE, CANOLA OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, GELLAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY LECITHIN, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, VITAMIN E ACETATE, YELLOW #6, YELLOW #5, BLUE #1, RED #3, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, BIOTIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE, ZINC SULFATE, VITAMIN D3, MANGANESE SULFATE, VITAMIN K1, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), POTASSIUM IODIDE, VITAMIN B12, FOLIC ACID, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, SODIUM SELENITE. SWEETENED WITH NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS AND NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENERS.

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

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