Frozen Dinners & Entrees · barcode 00010389576409
Stuffed Flounder
Quality Foods · Quality Foods From The Sea Inc
- 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 frozen dinners & entrees 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.
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
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
- 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
- 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
Typical for frozen dinners & entrees
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 7.87 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.7 kg (19 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 2.67 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4 kg (8.8 lb) a day; an adult at about 19 kg (42 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20, average 3.5, highest 5 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)
FLOUNDER, SEAFOOD STUFFING (IMITATION CRAB, (FISH PROTEIN [POLLOCK, WHITING, COD & THREADFIN BREAM] WATER, WHEAT/CORN/TAPIOCA STARCH, EGG WHITES, SOYBEAN OIL, CRAB FLAVOR, NATURAL CRAB EXTRACT, SUGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE) SPINACH, PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CREAMER (WATER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PALM OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE (MILK DERIVATIVE} MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE, SOY LECITHIN) ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), ARTICHOKE HEARTS, CRABMEAT AND SHRIMP. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, YEAST, NATURAL FLAVOR, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES, EGG YOLKS, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, EGG WHITE SOLIDS, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, STABILIZERS (XANTHAN AND/OR CAROB BEAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS) CORN STARCH, METHYL CELLULOSE, FD&C RED #40 (COLOR), EGG WHITE POWDER, SEA SALT, SULFITES, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN, TURMERIC, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, SOY LECITHIN, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE), VEGETABLE BLEND (GREEN BEANS, CARROTS, YELLOW SQUASH, ZUCCHINI, RED BELL PEPPER), BUTTER, SPICE BLEND (SEA SALT, DEHYDRATED ONION, BROWN SUGAR, SPICES, MALTODEXTRIN, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPER, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, TOMATO POWDER, EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL (AS PROCESSING AID), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, VINEGAR SOLIDS, ASCORBIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC, NATURAL FLAVORS, RICE BRAN OIL, NOT MORE THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.