Chocolate Protein Powder

Name: Chocolate Protein Powder
Brand: Just Ingredients

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Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium71 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 14×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead12 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Arsenic8 ppbof 10 ppb

80% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Ingredients · 10

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Common questions

Is Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder healthy?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder scores 8/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder lists 10 ingredients, starting with Grass-fed Non-denatured Whey Protein Isolate, Coconut Milk, Cacao, Pumpkin Seed Protein and Grass-fed Collagen. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder compare to other protein powders?

At 8/100 Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder scores worse than most protein powders we have scored. A higher-scoring option in protein powders is VEGA Pea Protein Powder Chocolate at 100/100.

Is Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder organic?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder is not certified organic in our data.

Has Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected lead at 12 ppb against a 5 ppb limit, arsenic at 8 ppb against a 10 ppb limit and cadmium at 71 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder. It also tested for mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.