Spoon Scout

Favorite Day Holiday Magic Hot Cocoa Spoons, Green With Pink Heart Marshmallow, Teal Galaxy Sprinkles, Purple With Sprinkles

Target Stores · Powdered Drinks · barcode 00085239976869

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives6 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

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
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

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)

GREEN WITH PINK HEART MARSHMALLOW COCOA MAKER SPOON INGREDIENTS: CHOCOLATY SPOON (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY POWDER, WHOLE MILK POWDER, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR]), MARSHMALLOW (GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE SYRUP [WHEAT], SUGAR, WATER, GELATIN, DEXTROSE, CORNSTARCH, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR, BEET POWDER [COLOR]). TEAL GALAXY SPRINKLES COCOA MAKER SPOON INGREDIENTS: CHOCOLATY SPOON (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY POWDER, WHOLE MILK POWDER, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR]), TOPPING (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, RICE FLOUR, MICA [COLOR], CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, DEXTRIN, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN, GUM ARABIC, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 3, YELLOW 5 LAKE, CARNAUBA WAX, YELLOW 5, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6). PURPLE WITH SPRINKLES COCOA MAKER SPOON INGREDIENTS: CHOCOLATY SPOON (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY POWDER, WHOLE MILK POWDER, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], RED 3, BLUE 1), TOPPING (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, GLUCOSE, PALM OIL, GLYCERIN, SOY LECITHIN, GUM ARABIC, RED 40, RED 3, BLUE 1, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARNAUBA WAX).

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

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