Bettylou's Cacao, Coffee & Pumpkin Seeds Nuts Energy Balls, Cacao, Coffee & Pumpkin Seeds
Betty Lou's Inc. · Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks · barcode 00016073521465
What stands out
- Recall
1 FDA recall names this barcode (2023, closed): undeclared sesame. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode (2023, closed). Details
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2023-08-16 · Class I · Terminated Undeclared sesame. Paleo Java Nuts About Energy Balls with Cacao, Coffee & Pumpkin Seeds product containing sesame was packaged and labeled with Paleo Java Nuts About Energy Balls with Cacao, Coffee & Pumpkin Seeds labels that did not declare sesame.Betty Lou's Inc: Betty Lou's Paleo Java Nuts About Energy Balls with Cacao, Coffee & Pumpkin Seeds, shelf-stable, 12-month shelf life, 1.5 oz (42g) package and 12/1.5 oz. packages per display box. Packages are sold individually (UPC 0 1607352146 5) or packaged into 12-ct display box (UPC 0 1607352146 2). Recall F-1366-2023 details
Typical for popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 116 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 120 g (4.2 oz) a day; an adult at about 550 g (19 oz).One serving (1 ball, 42 g, from the label):36% of a toddler's daily limit8% 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 Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20 samples, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20 samples, average 0.56, highest 4 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)
DATES, PUMPKIN SEEDS, CASHEWS, CACAO NIBS, DIETARY (TAPIOCA) FIBER, HONEY, RAISINS, COFFEE, HAZELNUTS, NATURAL FLAVOR, SEA SALT.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.