Dymatize
Facts-only compliance record. Every entry is source-backed and dated.
Event Timeline
Consumer Reports: Super Mass Gainer Gourmet Vanilla at 0.12 mcg lead per serving (25% of concern level)
Consumer Reports’ October 14, 2025 protein powders and shakes investigation tested Dymatize Super Mass Gainer, Gourmet Vanilla. The methodology results table reports 0.12 micrograms of lead per serving (0.4 ppb) at a 333-gram serving (2.5 scoops), 25% of CR’s level of concern of 0.5 micrograms per day. The article’s results chart lists a limit of 4 servings per day for this product. Prior to publication, CR contacted the manufacturers of all 23 products tested and shared its results and methodology. The article states that five companies have not responded, and names Dymatize among them.
Final judgment: injunctive-only slack-fill settlement (Kline v. Dymatize, Doc 44)
On April 6, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California entered final judgment in Kline v. Dymatize Enterprises, LLC, No. 3:15-cv-02348-AJB-RBB (Document 44). The order finally certifies, for settlement purposes only, an injunctive-relief class under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(2): all persons in the United States who made one or more retail purchases, between October 1, 2011 through October 13, 2016, of ISO-100, Elite Whey Protein, Elite Casein, Elite Fusion 7, Elite XT, Pursuit RX Recovery Blend, Elite Gourmet, or Pursuit RX Whey Protein. The order's class definition calls October 13, 2016 the date of entry of final approval. Paragraph V states the settlement provides for injunctive relief only and requires no release of rights to statutory damages claims or any monetary claims, so the court ordered that notice need not be provided to the class. For five years from the Effective Date, the injunction orders Dymatize, as to the eight products in the First Amended Complaint, to manufacture them in translucent substrate containers with a window in the label that allows a view of the contents, add the number of servings to the label, and state that the product is sold by weight and not by volume. Dymatize is not required to recall products already on the market. The order awards class counsel $75,000 in attorneys' fees and litigation costs and one-time service awards of $1,500 each to Ronald Patrick Kline and Yesina Reyes Abreu. It enters final judgment, dismisses the action with prejudice as to the released claims, and states the order is not an admission of liability or wrongdoing.
Class I voluntary recall of Elite Gourmet bars after a peanut-allergy complaint (Belmont Confections)
Belmont Confections Inc (Youngstown, Ohio) initiated a voluntary Class I recall (FDA event_id 64153; recall numbers F-0963-2013 and F-0964-2013) on 2013-01-15. The recalling firm is Belmont, not Dymatize. openFDA reason text: "Belmont was notified by their customer, Dymatize, that a consumer complained on an allergic reaction after eating the product. The consumer is allergic to peanuts & peanut protein." F-0963-2013 covers Dymatize Nutrition Elite Gourmet Cookies & Cream bars: 195,552 of the 3 oz bars (UPC 705016993000) and 73,296 of the 1.5 oz bars (UPC 705016993147). F-0964-2013 covers Dymatize Nutrition Elite Gourmet Fudge Brownie bars: 152,280 of the 3 oz bars (UPC 705016993079) and 67,536 of the 1.5 oz bars (UPC 705016993130). Labels name Dymatize Enterprises, Inc. as distributor. openFDA distribution pattern: shipped to Texas. Recall terminated 2015-10-13.
Class I voluntary recall: XPAND label declares whey but not milk (33,713 units)
Dymatize Enterprises, LLC (Farmers Branch, Texas) initiated a voluntary Class I recall (FDA event_id 61735; recall numbers F-1229-2013, F-1230-2013, and F-1231-2013) on 2012-05-03 covering three 3.5 lb Dymatize Nutrition XPAND Post Xtreme Mass Recovery System flavors. openFDA reason text: "The product label declares whey but does not declare milk." Quantities are Lemonade 9,962 units (UPC 705016895649; lots 1244001, 1292001, 1021101, 1075102, and 1276102), Fruit Punch 13,768 units (UPC 705016895625; lots 1244003, 1292006, 1340011, 1021107, 1075104, 1151111, and 1307105), and Blue Raspberry 9,983 units (UPC 705016895601; lots 1292004, 1244004, 1025102, 1075115, and 1153101), 33,713 units in total. The recall numbers are 2013 classifications (center classification date 2013-03-18); this entry uses the openFDA recall initiation date. Recall terminated 2014-10-08.