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Fresh Foods Market Spicy Italian Sausage & Peppers Pizza

The Kroger Co. · Other Deli · barcode 00011110111319

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have 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.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of other deli show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-12-01). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • 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. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

Only the shared rules above.

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 in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for other deli

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salami, dry/hard: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.18, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salami, dry/hard: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 0.54, highest 2.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20 samples, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 20.6, highest 56.4 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

CRUST (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, AMYLASE, ASCORBIC ACID, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, YEAST, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, SUGAR, SALT, CANOLA OIL), PIZZAIOLO SAUCE (TOMATOES, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL AND SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, OREGANO, BLACK PEPPER, GRANULATED GARLIC, CITRIC ACID), FOUR CHEESE BLEND (PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], PROVOLONE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], ASIAGO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], ROMANO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], POTATO STARCH, CANOLA OIL, CELLULOSE POWDER, NATAMYCIN (NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]), ITALIAN SAUSAGE (PORK, WATER, SALT, SPICES, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, AUTOLYZED YEAST, FLAVORING. BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID], BANANA PEPPERS (WITH WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, MALIC AND LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE AND SODIUM METABISULFITE [PRESERVATIVES], YELLOW 5), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), SEASONING (MARJORAM, THYME, ROSEMARY, SAVORY, SAGE, OREGANO, BASIL.), RED PEPPER FLAKES.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-12-01. Labels change; check the package.

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