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Optimum Nutrition Chocolate Shake Flavored Whey Protein Complex Protein Powder Drink Mix, Chocolate Shake

Optimum Nutrition, Inc. · Energy, Protein & Muscle Recovery Drinks · barcode 00748927023534

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product. Same brand, tested
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks show what's typical. See levels
  • Others12 other energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.
  • 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 Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.
  • 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 Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.

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

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Sucralose (E955)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for energy, protein & muscle recovery 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 Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • 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 Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 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 Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 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 Beverage, energy: 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.

Different items from the same brand that a lab has tested. Not this exact product.

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)

PROTEIN BLEND (WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, HYDROLYZED WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, HYDROLYZED WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE), CREAMER (GLUCOSE SYRUP SOLIDS, COCONUT OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE. MONO & DIGLYCERIDES. TURMERIC AND ANNATTO EXTRACTS, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS). COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, LECITHIN, SALT, GUM BLEND (CELLULOSE GUM XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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