Spartan Wavy Potato Chips, Cheddar & Sour Cream, Cheddar & Sour Cream

McIlhenny Company · Chips, Pretzels & Snacks · barcode 00011213027302

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) 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's tests of chips, pretzels & snacks show what's typical. See levels

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.
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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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 BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for chips, pretzels & snacks

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

Cadmium: typically 46.3 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 270 g (9.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb).
One serving (1 oz, 28 g, from the label):
10% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chips, potato: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 130, highest 200 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 36.3, highest 42 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chips, potato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.33, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.73, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Potato chips: found in 11 of 20 samples, average 2.23, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 8 of 19 samples, average 1.62, highest 10 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)

POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, SUNFLOWER, OR COTTONSEED OIL), WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ONION POWDER, BUTTERMILK, SOUR CREAM SOLIDS (CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES), CHEDDAR CHEESE SOLIDS (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, GARLIC POWDER, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL SOUR CREAM FLAVOR (WITH EDTA, BHA), ARTIFICIAL COLOR (INCLUDING YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), NATURAL CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR (WITH YEAST EXTRACT, WHEY, ANNATTO [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVOR), DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA (COLOR), SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR (WITH ANNATTO AND TURMERIC), NATURAL FLAVORING.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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