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General Mills, Inc. · Pre-Packaged Fruit & Vegetables · barcode 00016000205246

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), 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.
  • Additives5 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of pre-packaged fruit & vegetables show what's typical. See levels
  • Others11 other pre-packaged fruit & vegetables products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). 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 (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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 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.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for pre-packaged fruit & vegetables

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 7 of 27 samples, average 1.86, highest 13 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.8, highest 83 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 61.1, highest 200 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 7 of 27 samples, average 1.88, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 24 of 27 samples, average 4.99, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 16 of 27 samples, average 3.12, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 8 of 27 samples, average 1.71, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Apple (red), raw (w/ peel): found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 6.68, highest 40 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Grapes (red/green), raw: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 25.8, highest 90.6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 14.7, highest 229 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)

VANILLA FROSTING WITH RAINBOW CHIPS: SUGAR, PALM OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, WATER, MONOGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, SOY LECITHIN, SKIM MILK, WHEY POWDER, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, COLOR (BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 6, BLUE 2 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6 LAKE), CITRIC ACID. FRESHNESS PRESERVED BY POTASSIUM SORBATE. VANILLA COOKIES: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), POWDERED SUGAR, PALM OIL, WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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