Spoon Scout

Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks · barcode 00011822584814

Spicy Cajun Spicy Peanuts, Cajun Corn Nuggets, Spicy Sesame Sticks, Cajun Corn Sticks Trail Mix, Spicy Cajun

Big Win · Rite Aid Corporation

  • 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 popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-03-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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 popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20, average 0.56, highest 4 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)

PREVENT CAKING), SPICY SESAME STICKS (FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR], SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, BULGUR WHEAT, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOY FLOUR, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SPICE, PAPRIKA, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER AND TURMERIC AND BEET POWDER [COLOR]), CAJUN CORN STICKS (FLOUR [MASA CORN FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, POTATO FLOUR], SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SPICES, PAPRIKA [COLOR], ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YELLOW 6 [COLOR]).,SPICY PEANUTS (PEANUTS, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT, COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER SEED], CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DRIED PEPPERS [CAYENNE, CHILI], SPICES, WHEY, ONION POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, TOMATO POWDER, CHEESE POWDER [ROMANO, CHEDDAR {PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}], NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT [COLOR], CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), CAJUN CORN NUGGETS (CORN, HIGH OLEIC OIL [CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OIL AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL], SPICES INCLUDING PAPRIKA, SALT, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, TOMATO POWDER, CITRIC ACID, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SOYBEAN OIL, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS, AND SILICON DIOXIDE TO PREVENT CAKING), SPICY SESAME STICKS (FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR], SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, BULGUR WHEAT, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOY FLOUR, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SPICE, PAPRIKA, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER AND TURMERIC AND BEET POWDER [COLOR]), CAJUN CORN STICKS (FLOUR [MASA CORN FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, POTATO FLOUR], SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SPICES, PAPRIKA [COLOR], ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YELLOW 6 [COLOR]).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-03-16. Labels change; check the package.

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