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Essential Protein Chocolate

by Momentous · powder · 1.52 pounds

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 50243 00894 9
  • DSLD label 321452
  • Serving 28.7 g (1 Scoop)
  • 24 servings

Essential Protein Chocolate by Momentous lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 28.7 g, such as 90 mg of calcium, 1.8 mg of iron, 260 mg of potassium and 22.27 g of whey protein isolate, beside 7 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 23, 2025.

What is in Essential Protein Chocolate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 28.7 g. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Essential Protein Chocolate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 321452, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories100 Calories
Total Fat1.5 g2%Fat (unspecified) in Essential Protein Chocolate against 11,965 products1.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.1.5 g

44% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g).

Saturated Fat0.5 g3%Saturated fat in Essential Protein Chocolate against 5,234 products0.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.5 g

66% of 5,234 products listing saturated fat give more (median 1 g).

Cholesterolless than 2 mg0%
Total Carbohydrates3 g1%Carbohydrate in Essential Protein Chocolate against 21,979 products3 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.3 g

47% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g).

Dietary Fiber2 g7%Fiber in Essential Protein Chocolate against 6,987 products2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.2 g

38% of 6,987 products listing fiber give more (median 2 g).

Protein20 g40%Protein in Essential Protein Chocolate against 8,985 products20 g per serving; the middle half of products list 2 g to 24 g, the median 16 g.20 g

Higher than 56% of 8,985 products listing protein (median 16 g).

Calcium90 mg7%Calcium in Essential Protein Chocolate against 17,831 products90 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg90 mg

60% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Iron1.8 mg10%Iron in Essential Protein Chocolate against 6,910 products1.8 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 1.2 mg to 18 mg, the median 5 mg.DV 18 mgUL 45 mg1.8 mg

70% of 6,910 products listing iron give more (median 5 mg).

Sodium150 mg7%Sodium in Essential Protein Chocolate against 14,514 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.150 mg

Higher than 75% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg).

Potassium260 mg6%Potassium in Essential Protein Chocolate against 11,614 products260 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg260 mg

Higher than 86% of 11,614 products listing potassium (median 99 mg).

Whey Protein Isolategrass-fed22.27 gWhey Protein in Essential Protein Chocolate against 357 products22.27 g per serving; the middle half of products list 11.4 g to 28.74 g, the median 22 g.22.27 g

Higher than 52% of 357 products listing whey protein (median 22 g).

ProHydrolaseas Protease200 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 321452 (entered February 23, 2025), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Essential Protein Chocolate's, rare ingredients counting for more.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Mixes easily and tastes great in water, almond milk, smoothies or other recipes. Directions: Mix one serving (one scoop) of essential protein with 12 fl oz of water, or your preferred liquid.
Warnings
Contains milk.
Notice: Use this product as a food supplement only. Do not use for weight reduction.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free

Source: label statements in DSLD label 321452.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cocoa, Natural Flavors, Guar Gum, Salt, Sunflower Lecithin, Silica, glucosylated Steviol Glycosides, Rebaudioside A.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Grass fed; NSF Certified Sport Informed Sport We Test You Trust. Listed with: NSF certified (contents or GMP), Informed Sport or Informed Choice (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Essential Protein Chocolate have?

2 labels are on file under this name since January 23, 2025: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 321452 (current) Entered February 23, 2025 · on the market · 1.52 pounds · UPC 8 50243 00894 9
  2. Label 321460 Entered January 23, 2025 · on the market · 1.66 pounds · UPC 8 50243 00888 8

DSLD also links this label to: Essential Protein Vanilla (flavor difference).

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Momentous (manufacturer, distributor), Menlo Park, Ca. All Momentous products.

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