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General Mills Sales Inc. · Dough-based meals to cook (Shelf Stable) · barcode 00016000139718
What stands out
Nothing stands out: no published lab test names this product, no FDA recall lists its barcode and no ingredient on file is banned anywhere we track. Not tested is not the same as clean.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of dough-based meals to cook (shelf stable) show what's typical. See levels
Typical for dough-based meals to cook (shelf stable)
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 20 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 770 g (27 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.6 kg (7.9 lb).One serving (30 g, from the label):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% 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 Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 27.7, highest 32 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 20 samples, all below 1 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)
ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MODIFIED WHEY, CORN STARCH, SALT, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PALM OIL, CITRIC ACID, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), YEAST EXTRACT, ONION*, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR), NONFAT MILK, LACTIC ACID, MONOGLYCERIDES, GARLIC*, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM LACTATE, SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTICAKING AGENT), NATURAL FLAVOR. *DRIED
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.