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Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel with Sprinkles Pastries

General Mills Sales Inc. · Sweet Bakery Products · barcode 00018000141081

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. 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 2025-12-18). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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. Applies to all of them.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27 samples, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 10.6, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.3, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Muffin, blueberry: found in 12 of 27 samples, average 1.8, highest 5.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 5.2, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Doughnut, cake-type, any flavor: found in 14 of 19 samples, average 6.08, highest 28.7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 1.47, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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 (wheat flour, malted barley flour, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Water, Palm and/or Soybean Oil, Sugar, Rainbow Colored Sprinkles (sugar, palm and/or palm kernel oil, corn starch, water, dextrin, confectioner's glaze, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 6 lake, soy lecithin, yellow 5 lake, natural and artificial flavor, carnauba wax, gum arabic, vegetable juice color, citric acid), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Dextrose. Contains 2% or less of: Corn Starch, Modified Corn Starch, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Salt, Dried Yeast, Modified Whey, Corn Syrup Solids, Lactic Acid, Mono and Diglycerides, Strawberry Juice Concentrate, Sodium Citrate, Baking Soda, Preservatives (sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, TBHQ, citric acid), Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 60, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Red 40, Blue 1, Beta Carotene (for color), Caramel Color.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2025-12-18. Labels change; check the package.

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