Crackers & Biscotti · barcode 00016000451063
Snack Mix, Traditional
Chex Mix · General Mills, Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of crackers & biscotti show what's typical. See levels
- Others1 other crackers & biscotti product has lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). 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
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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: 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
- 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 crackers & biscotti
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 1.13 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 790 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):13% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 32.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 470 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):21% of a toddler's daily limit5% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.53 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Crackers, graham: found in 1 of 3, average 2.5, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Crackers, saltine: found in 1 of 3, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, graham: found in 3 of 3, average 43.3, highest 49 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 28, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, saltine: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 3.5, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20, average 10.2, highest 37 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Crackers, graham: found in 8 of 20, average 1.34, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Crackers, saltine: found in 5 of 20, average 0.57, highest 3 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 FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHOLE WHEAT, DEGERMED YELLOW CORN MEAL, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR RICE BRAN), SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, RYE FLOUR, MALTODEXTRIN, YEAST, BAKING SODA, SPICES, COLOR ADDED, DEXTROSE, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, MALT SYRUP, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, ONION, GARLIC, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, FRESHNESS PRESERVED BY BHT.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.