Gnc Lean Shake 25, Banana Cream, Banana Cream
General Nutrition Centers, Inc · Meal Replacement Supplements · barcode 00048107226879
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of meal replacement supplements show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-09-14). 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), DATEM.
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Acesulfame potassium, 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Acesulfame potassium, DATEM, Sucralose.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Acesulfame potassium, DATEM, Sucralose.
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
Acesulfame potassium (E950)
Only the shared rules above.
DATEM (E472e)
Only the shared rules above.
Sucralose (E955)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for meal replacement supplements
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 3.2 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 660 g (23 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb).One serving (414 ml, from the label):● 63% of a toddler's daily limit16% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 6.15 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.4 kg (21 lb).One serving (414 ml, from the label):21% of a toddler's daily limit4% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.95 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.67, highest 7.9 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)
- Cadmium in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Powder, protein: 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)
- Arsenic (total) in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.1, highest 4.8 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)
FILTERED WATER, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE AND LESS THAN 2% OF: ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CALCIUM CASEINATE, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, DATEM, FD&C YELLOW 5 & 6, LACTASE, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, SUCRALOSE, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL, VITAMIN MINERAL BLEND (MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, ZINC ASPARTATE, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, BIOTIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, PHYTOMENADIONE, POTASSIUM LODIDE, CALCIUM D-PANTOTHENATE, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, COPPER AMINO ACID CHELATE, CYANOCOBALAMIN, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, SODIUM SELENITE, FOLIC ACID, CHOLECALCIFEROL, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, MALTODEXTRIN), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-09-14. Labels change; check the package.