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Meal Replacement Supplements · barcode 00048107244729

Protein 25 G Lean Shake, Peppermint Mocha, Peppermint Mocha

Gnc · General Nutrition Centers, Inc

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is 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 2023-11-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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

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

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.

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)

WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MALTODEXTRIN, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CELLULOSE POWDER, OAT BRAN, CREAMER (COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [A MILK DERIVATIVE], MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE & SODIUM SILICO ALUMINATE) AND LESS THAN 2%: ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CALCIUM CARBONATE, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), DRIED DECAFFEINATED COFFEE, FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, GUM BLEND (CELLULOSE GUM, XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN), LECITHIN (SUNFLOWER AND/OR SOY), MAGNESIUM OXIDE, NATURAL FLAVOR, NONFAT DRY MILK, PEPPERMINT PIECES (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, DEGERMED CORN GRITS [HEAT TREATED], CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, RED #40, CARAMEL COLOR), RESISTANT CORN STARCH, SALT, SUCRALOSE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, VITAMIN MINERAL BLEND (VITAMIN A ACETATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID, CYANOCOBALAMIN, BIOTIN, CALCIUM D-PANTOTHENATE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, ZINC OXIDE, SODIUM SELENITE, COPPER OXIDE, MANGANESE SULFATE, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, MALTODEXTRIN).,

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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