Flavored Snack Crackers · barcode 00011110090898

Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese Bits

Kroger · The Kroger Co.

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives3 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of flavored snack crackers 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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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 flavored snack crackers

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

Lead: typically 1.5 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 760 g (27 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.1 kg (6.8 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
13% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 28.7 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 530 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
19% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 4.7 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 2.75 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.1 kg (20 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
5% of a toddler's daily limit
1% 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 Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, saltine: found in 1 of 3, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 28, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, saltine: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 3.5, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20, average 10.2, highest 37 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, saltine: found in 5 of 20, average 0.57, highest 3 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)

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL (WITH TBHQ [ANTIOXIDANT]), CHEESE POWDER (CHEDDAR AND BLUE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, CULTURED NONFAT MILK, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SODIUM CITRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW 5 AND 6), YEAST, CHEESE PASTE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CREAM, WATER, LACTIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], XANTHAN GUM), WATER, SALT, CHEDDAR SEASONING (WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, CHEDDAR, ROMANO, AND PARMESAN CHEESES [CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, BUTTERMILK, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SALT, LACTIC ACID, SILICON DIOXIDE, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 5 LAKE, ADIPIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, YELLOW 6 LAKE, SPICE, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYALATE, MALTODEXTRIN, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM DIACETATE), AUTOLYZED YEAST, SODIUM BICARBONATE, PAPRIKA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, VINEGAR, RED PEPPER, CALCIUM SULFATE, YELLOW 5 AND 6, AMMONIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES.

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

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