Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins

Name: Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins
Brand: Nesquik

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 2 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Nesquik EU Cocoa Powder (cinnamon)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−83

cadmium−45

lead−23

arsenic−15

Ingredients

−31

soy lecithin−12

natural flavoring−11

sodium l-ascorbate−4

cholecalciferol−4

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Packaging

−5

Packaging−5

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+29

Minimum score+29

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Nesquik EU Cocoa Powder (cinnamon)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium34.9 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 7×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Chocolate Milkshake Powder

Lead33.3 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 6.7×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Chocolate Milkshake Powder

Arsenic21.5 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 2.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Chocolate Milkshake Powder

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Chocolate Milkshake Powder

Ingredients · 8

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Common questions

Is Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins healthy?

Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins 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, Nesquik EU Cocoa Powder (cinnamon). 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 Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins?

Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins lists 8 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Soy Lecithin, Salt and Sodium l-Ascorbate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins’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 Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins?

Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins compare to other drink mixes & powders?

At 0/100 Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins scores worse than most drink mixes & powders we have scored. A higher-scoring option in drink mixes & powders is Matcha & Co Organic Golden Milk at 100/100.

Is Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins organic?

Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins is not certified organic in our data.

Has Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Sugar with fat-reduced cocoa, lecithin, salt, cinnamon; European listings) with the other products in its family, Nesquik EU Cocoa Powder (cinnamon), 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 Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins contain heavy metals?

Nesquik Instant Cocoa Drink Mix with Vitamins 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 21.5 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Chocolate Milkshake Powder, cadmium at 34.9 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Chocolate Milkshake Powder and lead at 33.3 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Chocolate Milkshake Powder. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.