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Sweet Bakery Products · barcode 00018000138777

Pillsbury Boston Cream Toaster Donut Pastries 6 Count

Pillsbury · General Mills Sales Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of sweet bakery products show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2025-07-24). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • 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
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • 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
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (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

Sucralose (E955)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E955. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 sweet bakery products

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 10.6, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 3.3, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Muffin, blueberry: found in 12 of 27, average 1.8, highest 5.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20, average 5.2, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Doughnut, cake-type, any flavor: found in 14 of 19, average 6.08, highest 28.7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20, average 1.47, highest 8 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 Bleached, Water, Vegetable Oil (palm, soybean, fractionated palm kernel, fractionated palm), Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup. Contains 2% or less of: Corn Starch, Modified Corn Starch, Dextrose, Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Dried Yeast, Whey Powder, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Invert Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Nonfat Dry Milk, Mono and Diglycerides, Sunflower Lecithin, Polysorbate 60, Titanium Dioxide (for color), Sodium Acid Sulfate, Baking Soda, Preservatives (potassium sorbate, TBHQ, citric acid, sodium benzoate), Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Sucralose, Gellan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Yellow 5, Carrageenan, Yellow 6.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2025-07-24. Labels change; check the package.

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