Spoon Scout

Melville Candy Spoon Chocolate Candy, Peppermint Hot Chocolate, Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Melville Candy Corporation · Powdered Drinks · barcode 00732577401590

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Titanium dioxide, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; not approved in the EU. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives6 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; not approved in the EU. 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 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • 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: 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 Partially hydrogenated oils, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Titanium dioxide.
  • 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).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).

Partially hydrogenated oils

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

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

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)

CHOCOLATE FLAVORING INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL & COTTONSEED OILS, NONFAT DRY MILK, COCOA, MILK, GLYCERYL LACTO ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SOY LECITHIN, & SALT, CHOCOLATE COCOA INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, NONFAT MILK, COCOA, (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI) CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL WITH EMULSIFIER (MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES), SODIUM CASEINATE, XANTHAN GUM, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING. HARD CANDY INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WATER, CANOLA OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING, US CERTIFIED FOOD COLORS: YELLOW #5, YELLOW #6, BLUE #1, RED #40, & TITANIUM DIOXIDE) SOY LECITHIN.

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

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