Spoon Scout

Favorite Day Hot Cocoa Spoons, Pumpkin Spice, Milk Chocolaty Coated With Marshmallows, Milk Chocolaty Coated With Salted Caramel

Target Stores · Powdered Drinks · barcode 00085239306901

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Titanium dioxide, Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 2 (indigotine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives5 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of powdered drinks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-07-13). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) Source

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for powdered 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 Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.33, highest 2 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)

PUMPKIN SPICE COCOA SPOON INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL), COCOA POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR). SALTED CARAMEL COCOA SPOON INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL), COCOA POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), YELLOW 5 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, NATURAL FLAVORS. MARSHMALLOW COCOA SPOON INGREDIENTS: COATING (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS [PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL], COCOA POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, VANILLIN [ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR]), MARSHMALLOWS (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, GELATIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-07-13. Labels change; check the package.

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