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Welch's Strawberry Kiwi Flavored Juice Drink Blend Of Apple, Kiwi And Strawberry Juices From Concentrate, Strawberry Kiwi

Welch Foods Inc · Fruit & Vegetable Juice, Nectars & Fruit Drinks · barcode 00004180034005

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of fruit & vegetable juice, nectars & fruit drinks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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

Sucralose (E955)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E955. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for fruit & vegetable juice, nectars & fruit drinks

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.4, highest 1.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 2.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.37, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 0.9, highest 1.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.63, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Apple juice, bottled: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 0.57, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit drink (10% juice), canned or bottled: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 10 of 20 samples, average 1.22, highest 4 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Orange juice, bottled/carton: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 4.49, highest 33.6 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)

FILTERED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, APPLE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (FILTERED WATER, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE), KIWI JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (FILTERED WATER, KIWI JUICE CONCENTRATE), STRAWBERRY JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (FILTERED WATER, STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE), CITRIC ACID (FOR TARTNESS), NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PECTIN, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), SODIUM CITRATE, GUM ARABIC, ESTER GUM, SUCRALOSE, RED 40

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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