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General Nutrition Centers, Inc · Energy, Protein & Muscle Recovery Drinks · barcode 00048107244262

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. 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. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks show what's typical. See levels
  • Others12 other energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks products have lab results. Compare them

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

  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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 FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. 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

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Sucralose (E955)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Beverage, energy: 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)
  • Lead in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.67, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, energy: 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)
  • Cadmium in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, energy: 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)
  • Mercury in Powder, protein: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, energy: 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)

WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), MINI MARSHMALLOW BITS (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, GELATIN, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, FD&C BLUE #1) AND LESS THAN 2%: ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, GUM BLEND (CELLULOSE GUM, XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN), LECITHIN (SOY AND/OR SUNFLOWER), NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, SILICON DIOXIDE, SUCRALOSE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-09-14. Labels change; check the package.

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