Chocolate · barcode 00002555510901
Chocolate Squares
Dutch-delights
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of chocolate show what's typical. See levels
- Others3 other chocolate products have lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2019-04-01). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
Typical for chocolate
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 4.05 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 550 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):18% of a toddler's daily limit5% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 18 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 840 g (30 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.9 kg (8.6 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):12% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.1 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 5.98 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.6 kg (19 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 7.93, highest 8.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 3 of 3, average 15.7, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 2 of 3, average 3.63, highest 7.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 2 of 3, average 2.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, and nuts: found in 15 of 20, average 2.52, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 19 of 20, average 8.92, highest 15 ppb (2008-2012)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
WHITE COMPOUND (SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, MONOGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), PEANUT BUTTER (ROASTED PEANUTS, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (COTTONSEED, RAPESEED & SOYBEAN), SALT), CORN SYRUP, POWDERED SUGAR, OIL, MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, WHOLE MILK, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, SOY LECITHIN & VANILLIN), CORN STARCH.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2019-04-01. Labels change; check the package.