Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla

Name: Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla
Brand: Ka'Chava

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Ka'Chava Vanilla / Matcha (non-cocoa)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−99

cadmium−55

arsenic−24

lead−20

Ingredients

−85

folic acid−10

soluble vegetable fiber−3

oat milk−3

tricalcium phosphate−3

magnesium oxide−3

21 more deductions−63

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+94

Minimum score+94

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Ka'Chava Vanilla / Matcha (non-cocoa)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium74 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 15×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: KA'CHAVA Matcha Flavored All-in-One Nutrition Shake

Arsenic86 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 8.6×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: KA'CHAVA Matcha Flavored All-in-One Nutrition Shake

Lead23 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 4.6×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: KA'CHAVA Matcha Flavored All-in-One Nutrition Shake

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: KA'CHAVA Matcha Flavored All-in-One Nutrition Shake

Ingredients · 72

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Common questions

Is Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla healthy?

Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla scores 0/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Ka'Chava Vanilla / Matcha (non-cocoa). 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 Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla?

Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla lists 72 ingredients, starting with Yellow Pea Protein, Organic Brown Rice Protein, Organic Amaranth, Organic Quinoa and Organic Sacha Inchi. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla’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 Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla?

Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla compare to other greens & superfoods?

At 0/100 Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla scores worse than most greens & superfoods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in greens & superfoods is E3Live Nutrient Rich AquaBotanical at 100/100.

Is Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla organic?

Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla is not certified organic in our data.

Has Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Pea + rice protein, amaranth, quinoa, sacha inchi, oat, flax, chia; no cocoa or cinnamon spice) with the other products in its family, Ka'Chava Vanilla / Matcha (non-cocoa), and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla contain heavy metals?

Ka'Chava Kachava Plant Based Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 86 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in KA'CHAVA Matcha Flavored All-in-One Nutrition Shake, cadmium at 74 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in KA'CHAVA Matcha Flavored All-in-One Nutrition Shake and lead at 23 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in KA'CHAVA Matcha Flavored All-in-One Nutrition Shake. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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