1St Phorm Chocolate PB Pretzel Level-1 High Quality Protein Bar, Chocolate

1st Phorm · Snack, Energy & Granola Bars · barcode 00850026196122

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.
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 snack, energy & granola bars show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). 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 Titanium dioxide, Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.
US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Sucralose, Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.
EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Sucralose, Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.
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 Sucralose, Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.

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

Sucralose (E955)

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

Acetylated mono- and diglycerides (E472a)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for snack, energy & granola bars

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 7.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.3 kg (18 lb).
One serving (1 bar, 61 g, from the label):
3% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 20 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.47, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 28 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)

PROTEIN BLEND (WHEY CRISPS [WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, TOPICAL TROPICAL STRACH, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTARTE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE), SOY , GLUTEN FREE PRETZELS (WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE HOUR, POTATO STARCH, COM STARCH, SOLUABLE CORN FIBER CANOLA ON, SUGAR, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SOY ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), GLUCOSE SYRUP, SUGAR, PEANUT BUTTER (DRY ROASTED PEANUTS, PALM OIL, DEXTROSE, SALT), MALTITOL, CORN FIBER, ALMOND BUTTER, SORBITOL, COCOA (PROCESSED BROWN RICE FLOUR, PEANUT FLOUR, CHICORY ROOT FIBER, RICE FLOUR, WATER, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT NATURAL FLAVOR, SUCRALOSE, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM CASEINATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO SORBATE, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, VANILLA POWDER, SILICON DIOXIDE, NATURAL TOCOPHEROLS.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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