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General Mills Sales Inc. · Dough-based meals to cook (Shelf Stable) · barcode 00016000437081
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.
- Additives1 ingredient has a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of dough-based meals to cook (shelf stable) show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2020-02-27). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Bleached flour
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 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 (40 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% 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 PASTA (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED WHEY, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUAR GUM, POLYDEXTROSE, RICOTTA CHEESE* (WHEY, MILKFAT, LACTIC ACID, SALT), DEXTROSE, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), COCONUT OIL, YEAST, CHEDDAR CHEESE* (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SPICES, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, BACON FAT, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, COLOR (YELLOW LAKES 5 & 6, ANNATTO EXTRACT), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), COOKED BACON ([CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ASCORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE], SMOKE FLAVORING), BLUE CHEESE* (MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES), SUGAR, TOCOPHEROLS (PRESERVATIVE), SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTICAKING AGENT), HYDROLYZED CORN, SOY, AND WHEAT PROTEIN, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOUR, ENZYME MODIFIED BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DISODIUM INOSINATE, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SOY LECITHIN.*DRIED
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.