VerdictConsider avoiding

Protein Shake

Name: Protein Shake
Brand: Muscle Milk

Protein Shake by Muscle Milk (Beverages). Greenveil's read: consider avoiding (food-health band "high"). 6 additives of concern.

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Decision lens

Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Food health

Food healthHigh

Contains additive of concern

SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
Potassium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Magnesium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
PolyphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.