Equate Protein 10 G Meal Replacement Shakes, Strawberries & Cream, Strawberries & Cream
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Weight Control · barcode 00681131024006
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which has 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.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of weight control show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-03-16). 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.
- 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
- 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
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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
Acesulfame potassium (E950)
Only the shared rules above.
Sucralose (E955)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for weight control
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 3.2 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 660 g (23 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb).One serving (1 bottle, 325 ml, from the label):49% of a toddler's daily limit12% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 6.15 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.4 kg (21 lb).One serving (1 bottle, 325 ml, from the label):16% of a toddler's daily limit3% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.95 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.67, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.23, highest 2.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Powder, protein: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.1, highest 4.8 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)
FAT FREE MILK, WATER, CANOLA OIL, FRUCTOSE, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, CARRAGEENAN, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE (NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS), FD&C RED 3. VITAMINS & MINERALS: SODIUM ASCORBATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CHOLECALCIFEROL, PHYTONADIONE, RIBOFLAVIN, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, CYANOCABALAMIN, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, ZINC GLUCONATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, D,L-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE, NIACINAMIDE, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, DIMAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM SELENITE, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-03-16. Labels change; check the package.