Bacon, Sausages & Ribs · barcode 00011110990099
Italian Style Meatballs
Kroger · The Kroger Co.
- 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 bacon, sausages & ribs 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
Bleached flour
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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
Typical for bacon, sausages & ribs
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Perchlorate: typically 3.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 950 g (34 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 4 of 27, average 0.63, highest 4.7 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 6 of 27, average 1, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 14 of 27, average 1.62, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 2 of 27, average 0.09, highest 1.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 5 of 27, average 0.61, highest 3.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 13 of 20, average 19, highest 139 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork sausage (link/patty), oven-cooked: found in 7 of 20, average 3.15, highest 41 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)
BEEF, PORK, WATER, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN (SOY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR), TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ZINC OXIDE, NIACINAMIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, COPPER GLUCONATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [B1], PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [B6], RIBOFLAVIN [B2], AND CYANOCOBALAMIN [B12]), ROMANO CHEESE (PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, RENNET), BREADCRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS, YEAST), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEHYDRATED ONION, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SUGAR, SPICES, EGG POWDER, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM DIACETATE, NATURAL FLAVORINGS.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.