Milk · barcode 00815473013880
Super Chox Pasteurized Chocolate Drink, Super Chox
Borden · Borden Dairy Company
- 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 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 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
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
- 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: 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
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
Typical for milk
Compared with FDA's reduced-fat chocolate milk: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 1.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 2.1 L (8¾ cups) a day; an adult at about 8.5 L (35½ cups).One serving (1 cup):11% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 2.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5.7 L (23¾ cups) a day; an adult at about 26 L (108¼ cups).One serving (1 cup):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 5 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.9 L (8 cups) a day; an adult at about 8.8 L (36¾ cups).One serving (1 cup):13% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 21 of 27, average 1.03, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 27 of 27, average 2.65, highest 7 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Milk, chocolate, reduced fat, fluid: found in 7 of 27, average 0.31, highest 1.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Milk, chocolate, lowfat, fluid: found in 20 of 20, average 5.56, highest 8.9 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, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: WHEY POWDER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASIENATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SALT, CARRAGEENAN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.