Betty Crocker DunkAroos Vanilla Frosting with Rainbow Sprinkles

General Mills Sales Inc. · Baking/Cooking Mixes/Supplies · barcode 00016000186569

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of baking/cooking mixes/supplies show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2024-12-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to all of them.
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 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 all of them.
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 all of them.
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: 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 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.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for baking/cooking mixes/supplies

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 25.2 ppb (FDA, 7 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 610 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.8 kg (6.2 lb).
One serving (2 tbsp, 34 g, from the label):
6% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 12.5 ppb (FDA, 7 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 164, highest 164 ppb (2020)
Lead in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.63, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 20, highest 20 ppb (2020)
Cadmium in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 42.3, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 120, highest 120 ppb (2020)
Mercury in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 77, highest 77 ppb (2020)
Arsenic (total) in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.53, highest 3.6 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)

"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)

Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vegetable Oil (palm, coconut), Corn Starch, Water, Corn Syrup. Contains 2% or less of: Salt, Nonfat Milk, Monoglycerides, Whey, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Color (yellow lakes 5 & 6, blue lakes 1 & 2, red 40 lake, yellow 5 & 6), Natural and Artificial Flavor, Shellac, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid. Freshness Preserved by Potassium Sorbate.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2024-12-19. Labels change; check the package.

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