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Pillsbury Aqua Blue Vanilla Flavored Frosting, Aqua Blue Vanilla

Hometown Food Company · Baking Decorations & Dessert Toppings · barcode 00013300555071

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives7 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
  • TypicalFDA has no comparable food in its tests.

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-11-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Titanium dioxide, Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

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)

FROSTING: SUGAR, PALM OIL, WATER, CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, CANOLA OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), POLYSORBATE 60, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, BLUE 1, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SOY LECITHIN, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, ANTIOXIDANTS (ASCORBYL PALMITATE, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS, CHAMOMILE AND ROSEMARY EXTRACTS). CANDY BITS: SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, PALM OIL AND PALM KERNEL OIL, CORN STARCH, CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 6, RED 3, BLUE 2, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, RED 40.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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