Spoon Scout

Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00007789049530

Gold Gluten Free Mini Cupcakes With Sprinkles

Wegmans · Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes 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.

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 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

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 Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20, average 1.88, highest 9 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)

CAKE (CAKE BASE [SUGAR, CORN STARCH, POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, SORGHUM FLOUR, WHEY PROTEINS {WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN}, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, EGG WHITE, BAKING POWDER {SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE}, MONOGLYCERIDES, ANTIOXIDANT {ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID}, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR {NATURAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, CORN STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN}, SALT, XANTHAN GUM], EGGS, CANOLA OIL, WATER), FROSTING (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS [PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60], BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], CORN SYRUP, WATER, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT), SPRINKLES (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, SOY LECITHIN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, CARNAUBA WAX, TURMERIC [COLOR], ANNATTO [COLOR], BEET JUICE [COLOR], VEGETABLE JUICE [COLOR], BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], DEXTRIN, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM BICARBONATE).

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

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