Crusts & Dough · barcode 00018000521906
Pillsbury, Flaky Layers Biscuit Dough
Pillsbury · General Mills, 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 crusts & dough show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-01-06). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) 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: 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 crusts & dough
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 26.1 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 590 g (21 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.7 kg (6 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):17% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.75 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 1 of 3, average 1.63, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3, average 42.3, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3, average 3.53, highest 3.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
"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)
WATER, DEXTROSE, SOYBEANS, PALM OIL, BAKING POWDER, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, TBHQ (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), COLOR ADDED
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-01-06. Labels change; check the package.