Gnc Protein 16G Layered Lean Bar, Girl Scout Thin Mints, Girl Scout Thin Mints
General Nutrition Centers, Inc · Snack, Energy & Granola Bars · barcode 00048107214876
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of snack, energy & granola bars show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). 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 Titanium dioxide, Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Acetylated mono- and diglycerides, Sucralose.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Acetylated mono- and diglycerides, Sucralose.
- 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 Acetylated mono- and diglycerides, Sucralose.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Acetylated mono- and diglycerides (E472a)
Only the shared rules above.
Sucralose (E955)
- 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
Typical for snack, energy & granola 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 (44 g, from the label):2% 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)
WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, GLYCERIN, SUGAR, BOVINE COLLAGEN HYDROLYSATE, MALTITOL, SORBITOL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), CORN SYRUP, WATER AND LESS THAN 2%: ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, ALMOND, BAKING SODA, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), MALTODEXTRIN, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVORS, PEANUT, PEPPERMINT OIL, POTAUSSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO ESTERS, SALT, SILICON DIOXIDE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SOY LECITHIN, SOYBEAN OIL, SUCRALOSE, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, SUNFLOWER OIL, TAPIOCA STARCH, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT), VANILLA POWDER, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, WHEY.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.