Pillsbury Sweet Maple Flavor Sausage Stuffed Waffle, Sweet Maple
General Mills, Inc. · Frozen Pancakes, Waffles, French Toast & Crepes · barcode 00018000238330
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of frozen pancakes, waffles, french toast & crepes show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
- 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.
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- 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
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for frozen pancakes, waffles, french toast & crepes
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 12 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.3 kg (12 lb).One serving (1 piece, 124 g, from the label):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 3 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.7 kg (8.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 17 kg (37 lb).One serving (1 piece, 124 g, from the label):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an 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 Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.3, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 16 of 20 samples, average 2.81, 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)
ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), EGGS (WHOLE EGG, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SWEET WHEY POWDER, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, WHITE PEPPER), FULLY COOKED PORK SAUSAGE CRUMBLE (PORK, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SUGAR, SALT, SPICE, WATER, BEEF FAT, SODIUM DIACETATE, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM LACTATE), WATER, AMERICAN CHEESE SAUCE (SOYBEAN AND/OR PALM OIL, WATER, MALTODEXTRIN, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], CREAM CHEESE [MILK, CREAM, CULTURES, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM], NONFAT MILK, GLYCERIN, SODIUM CASEINATE, SALT, SODIUM LACTATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SPICE YEAST EXTRACT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, GUAR GUM, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), SUGAR BLENDS (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, MAPLE SYRUP, MALTODEXTRIN, GUM ARABIC, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL), PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DRIED EGG WITH SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), SALT, DRIED YEAST, METHYLCELLULOSE, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MAPLE SYRUP, SUGAR, MOLASSES, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, SOY LECITHIN.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.