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Meijer Original Protein 9 G Nutrition Shake, Chocolate, Chocolate

Meijer, Inc. · Other Drinks · barcode 00713733861588

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which is banned or not approved in US (FDA) from 2027-01-15, California from 2027-01-01 and West Virginia from 2028-01-01. Details

  • 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 other drinks 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.

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
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
  • 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

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 other drinks

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 1 of 3, average 0.37, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit drink (10% juice), canned or bottled: found in 4 of 20, average 0.2, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit drink, from powder: found in 5 of 20, average 0.33, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, MILK PROTEIN, BLEND OF VEGETABLE OILS (CANOLA, CORN), SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), LESS THAN 0.5% OF: NONFAT MILK, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CELLULOSE GEL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SALT, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, ASCORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CELLULOSE GUM, MONOGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, CARRAGEENAN, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, TURMERIC, SUCRALOSE, FERROUS SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, NIACINAMIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, CUPRIC SULFATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, RED 3, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, SODIUM SELENITE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, PHYLLOQUINONE, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D3.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.

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