Coffee-mate Sweetened Original Concentrated Coffee Creamer, Sweetened Original
Nestle USA Inc. · Milk Additives · barcode 00050000386086
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which is banned or not approved in US (FDA). Details
- 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 milk additives show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) 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: 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 milk additives
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Lead: typically 4.7 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 480 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb).One serving (1 tsp, 5 ml, from the label):1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 6.5 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) a day; an adult at about 11 kg (24 lb).One serving (1 tsp, 5 ml, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 3 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Syrup, chocolate-flavored: found in 3 of 3, average 9.2, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Syrup, chocolate-flavored: found in 3 of 3, average 13.3, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Syrup, chocolate-flavored: found in 1 of 3, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Syrup, chocolate-flavored: found in 2 of 3, average 4.1, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid/frozen: found in 14 of 20, average 2.96, highest 22 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Syrup, chocolate: found in 4 of 19, average 0.74, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
"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)
SUGAR, WATER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, AND LESS THAN 2% OF PROPYLENE GLYCOL, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POLYSORBATE 60, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, COLOR ADDED.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.