Spartan Creamy Frosting, Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Fudge
McIlhenny Company · Baking Decorations & Dessert Toppings · barcode 00011213023984
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA has no comparable food in its tests.
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- 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: 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.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
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
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
Only the shared rules above.
Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E132. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for baking decorations & dessert toppings
FDA's Total Diet Study has no food close enough to this one to give a fair typical level.
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)
SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE SHORTENING (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL), WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, COCOA (PROCESSES WITH ALKALI), EMULSIFIERS (MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES WITH PRESERVATIVES [MIXED TOCOPHEROLS, ASCORBIC ACID AND CITRIC ACID], POLYSORBATE 60, SOY LECITHIN), CORN STARCH, SALT, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, CITRIC ACID, PRESERVATIVE (POTASSIUM SORBATE), DEXTROSE, COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE), AGAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.