Meal Replacement Supplements

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Typical levels

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.

Lead: typically 3.2 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 660 g (23 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
15% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 6.15 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.4 kg (21 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
5% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 1.95 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3, average 6.67, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 2 of 3, average 1.23, highest 2.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3, average 13.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Powder, protein: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3, 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.

Products

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Homemade Vanilla Shake, Homemade Vanilla Glucerna · Meal Replacement Supplements
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