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MRE Milk Chocolate

by Redcon1 · liquid · 16.9 fluid ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 10044 57241 4
  • DSLD label 300120
  • Serving 8 fluid ounces (240ml); amounts per 16.9 fluid ounces
  • 2 servings

MRE Milk Chocolate by Redcon1 lists 8 ingredients, 8 with an amount per serving of 16.9 fluid ounces, such as 0 mcg (0 IU) of vitamin D, 30 mg of calcium, 3.1 mg of iron and 820 mg of potassium, beside 20 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2023.

What is in MRE Milk Chocolate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 16.9 fluid ounces. 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).

MRE Milk Chocolate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 300120, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories230 Calories
Total Fat6 g8%Fat (unspecified) in MRE Milk Chocolate against 11,965 products9 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.9 g

Higher than 96% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) (median 1.5 g).

Saturated Fat3 g15%Saturated fat in MRE Milk Chocolate against 5,234 products4.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.4.5 g

Higher than 92% of 5,234 products listing saturated fat (median 1 g).

Trans Fat0 g
Cholesterol0 mg0%
Sodium450 mg20%Sodium in MRE Milk Chocolate against 14,514 products670 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.670 mg

Higher than 98% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg).

Total Carbohydrate6 g2%Carbohydrate in MRE Milk Chocolate against 21,979 products9 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.9 g

Higher than 85% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g).

Dietary Fiber2 g7%Fiber in MRE Milk Chocolate against 6,987 products3 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.3 g

Higher than 63% of 6,987 products listing fiber (median 2 g).

Total Sugars0 g
added Sugars0 g0%
Protein40 g80%Protein in MRE Milk Chocolate against 8,985 products59 g per serving; the middle half of products list 2 g to 24 g, the median 16 g.59 g

Higher than 98% of 8,985 products listing protein (median 16 g).

Vitamin D0 mcg (0 IU)0%
Calcium30 mg2%Calcium in MRE Milk Chocolate against 17,831 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg40 mg

79% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Iron3.1 mg15%

This amount is far outside what other labels list for iron, or disagrees with the label's own %DV: possibly a unit or transcription slip in the database. Check the label image on DSLD.

Potassium820 mg15%Potassium in MRE Milk Chocolate against 11,614 products1,210 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg1,210 mg

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

Calories110 Calories
Total Fat3 g4%
Saturated Fat1.5 g8%
Trans Fat0 g
Cholesterol0 mg0%
Sodium220 mg10%
Total Carbohydrate3 g1%
Dietary Fiber1 g4%
Total Sugars0 g
added Sugars0 g0%
Protein19 g38%
Vitamin D0 mcg (0 IU)0%
Calcium10 mg0%
Iron1.5 g8%
Potassium390 mg8%

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 300120 (entered November 22, 2023), 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 1,210 mg of potassium (2 rows of the label added together) is higher than over 99% of the 11,614 potassium products that print an amount; 106 list more.

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 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?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

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.

Warnings
Notice: Not a low calorie food. Use this product as a food supplement only. Do not use for weight reduction.
Contains: Egg, Milk.
Allergens and what it does not contain
0g Sugar
0g Sugar per carton
Storage
Refrigerate after opening

Source: label statements in DSLD label 300120.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Water, Beef Protein isolate, Pea Protein, Brown Rice Protein, Egg White Protein, Alkalized Cocoa powder, Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sunflower Lecithin, Cellulose Gum, Gellan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Natural and Artificial flavors, Sea Salt, Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose.

How many labels does MRE Milk Chocolate have?

One label is on file, entered on November 22, 2023.

  1. Label 300120 (current) Entered November 22, 2023 · on the market · 16.9 fluid ounces · UPC 8 10044 57241 4

DSLD also links this label to: MRE Cookies & Cream (flavor difference), MRE Cookies & Cream (package size difference, same product), MRE Strawberry Shortcake (flavor difference), MRE Vanilla Milkshake (flavor difference), MRE Blueberry Cobbler (flavor difference), MRE Blueberry Cobbler (package size difference, same product), MRE Salted Caramel (flavor difference), MRE Salted Caramel (package size difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Redcon1, LLC (distributor), Boca Raton, FL. All Redcon1 products.

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