Vegetable Based Products / Meals · barcode 00016000461420

Betty Crocker Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes

General Mills Sales 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 vegetable based products / meals 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.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
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
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

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 vegetable based products / meals

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 8.67 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.5 kg (17 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
6% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 0.5 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 8.5 kg (19 lb) a day; an adult at about 40 kg (88 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Veggie burger: found in 2 of 3, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 5.07, highest 6.7 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3, average 5.97, highest 9.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 5.4, highest 5.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 10 of 20, average 1.23, highest 6 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)

YUKON GOLD POTATOES*, RUSSET POTATOES*, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, PALM OIL, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CORN SYRUP*, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), NONFAT MILK, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTICAKING AGENT), CALCIUM LACTATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM CASEINATE, COLOR (TURMERIC AND ANNATTO EXTRACT), POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE. FRESHNESS PRESERVED BY SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BISULFITE, BHA, BHT. *DRIED

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.

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