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Atkins Day Break Shake, Strawberry, Banana, Strawberry, Banana

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. · Milk · barcode 00637480065443

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of milk show what's typical. See levels
  • Others7 other milk products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.

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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. 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

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Sucralose (E955)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for milk

Compared with FDA's whole, reduced-fat and skim milk: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.06, highest 1.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Milk, lowfat (2%), fluid: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 6.04, highest 10 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 6.3, highest 10 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 9.23, highest 74.3 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)

WATER, DAIRY PROTEIN BLEND (MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE), CREAM, POLYDEXTROSE, SUNFLOWER OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CELLULOSE GEL, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, VITAMIN MINERAL MIX [SODIUM ASCORBATE (VITAMIN C), ASCORBIC ACID, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE (VITAMIN E), NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D3], CARRAGEENAN, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, RED 3, BLUE 1.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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