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Betty Crocker Cheeseburger Macaroni Mix Of Macaroni, Cheesy Sauce And Ground Beef Microwave Singles, Cheeseburger Macaroni

General Mills, Inc. · Pasta Dinners · barcode 00016000193857

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of pasta dinners show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-01-06). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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
  • 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: 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 pasta dinners

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 Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.63, highest 6.6 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 Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 22.3, highest 26 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 Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: 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 Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: 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 Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 7 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 (DURUM WHEAT, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, COTTONSEED), FREEZE DRIED COOKED SEASONED GROUND BEEF (BEEF, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR), MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, SALT, LACTOSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, NONFAT MILK, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR), CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOYBEAN OIL, ONION*, CHEDDAR CHEESE* (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), TOMATO*, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, WHEAT STARCH, SUGAR, CREAM* (CREAM, NONFAT MILK), SOY FLOUR, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, GARLIC*, PARMESAN CHEESE* (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, COLOR (ARTIFICIAL COLOR, BETA CAROTENE, YELLOW LAKES 5 & 6, YELLOWS 5 & 6), CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, ENZYMES), DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-01-06. Labels change; check the package.

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