first on the label · Skimmed milk, water, milk solids, cocoa powder, nature-identical flavouring, acidity regulators (340, 452ii, 339ii), stabilizer (407 carrageenan), sucralose (955), salt, full list read.
⚠thickener gumsGuar/xanthan/CMC/carrageenan, thickness that reads as 'richness'. Harmless for most, bloating for some.
The fine print
Sucralose: Zero-calorie artificial sweetener. Regulators rate it safe at normal intake; a 2023 lab study flagged a trace impurity (sucralose-6-acetate) as genotoxic in cells. Doses there were far above what a scoop delivers.
FSSAI: 10 g/100 ml · 18.2 g/100 kcal, may legally print “HIGH PROTEIN” via the per-100 ml + per-100 kcal route.