Snack, Energy & Granola Bars · barcode 00637480025805
Cookies & Creme Protein-rich Meal Bar, Cookies & Creme
Atkins · Atkins Nutritionals, 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 snack, energy & granola bars show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-02-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- 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
- 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
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
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
Typical for snack, energy & granola bars
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 7.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.3 kg (18 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):6% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 20 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3, average 8.47, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 28 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)
VANILLA CREAM FLAVORED LAYER (MALTITOL, POLYDEXTROSE, PALM KERNEL AND PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, TITANIUM DIOXIDE COLOR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, SUCRALOSE), COCOA SOY NUGGETS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), TAPIOCA STARCH), CHOCOLATE FLAVORED COATING (POLYDEXTROSE, PALM KERNEL AND PALM OIL, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, COCOA POWDER, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, SUCRALOSE), GLYCERIN, INULIN, HYDROLYZED GELATIN, MALTITOL SYRUP, MALTITOL, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SUNFLOWER OIL, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: PALM KERNEL AND PALM OIL, POLYDEXTROSE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, WATER, VITAMIN MINERAL MIX, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, NONFAT DRY MILK, SOY LECITHIN, SUCRALOSE, SALTED BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM. VITAMIN MINERAL MIX: MAGNESIUM OXIDE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE (VITAMINE), NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), ZINC OXIDE, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID (VITAMIN B9), BIOTIN (VITAMIN B7), PHYLLOQUINONE (VITAMIN K1), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.