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Hakumo LLC · Powdered Drinks · barcode 00860004244837
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. 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 2023-03-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), DATEM.
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Sucralose.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to DATEM, Sucralose.
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
- 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
- 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
DATEM (E472e)
Only the shared rules above.
Sucralose (E955)
Only the shared rules above.
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.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
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)
BROWN SUGAR BOBA (WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, FRUCTOSE, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, GLUCOSE, XANTHAN GUM, PECTIN, SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, CITRIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATE ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, BROWN SUGAR), MATCHA TEA POWDER (NON-DAIRY CREAMER [GLUCOSE SYRUP, FULLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY POWDER {MILK}, SODIUM CASEINATE, STABILIZERS (TRIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE}, EMULSIFIERS {MONO DIGLYCERIDES, DIACETYL TARTARIC ACID ESTER OF MONO DIGLYCERIDE (DATEM)}, SILICON DIOXIDE, BETA-CAROTENE {COLOR}], SUGAR, MATCHA GREEN TEA POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN, SUCRALOSE, BLUE 1).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-03-16. Labels change; check the package.