Meal Replacement Supplements · barcode 00048107236342

Strawberry & Cream Lean Shake 25, Strawberries & Cream

Gnc · General Nutrition Centers, Inc

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. 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 2023-05-25). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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

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

DATEM (E472e)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472e. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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

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

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 (100 g (3½ oz)):
15% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of a 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 (100 g (3½ oz)):
5% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of a 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, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3, average 6.67, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 2 of 3, average 1.23, highest 2.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3, average 13.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Powder, protein: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3, 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%: ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CALCIUM CASEINATE, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, DATEM, FD&C BLUE #1, FD&C RED #3, 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, RETINYL PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, PHYTONADIONE, 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 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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