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Rosalind Candy Castle Pure Milk Chocolate Sugar Free Assortment, Pure Milk Chocolate

Rosalind Candy Castle · Chocolate · barcode 00018847125169

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of chocolate show what's typical. See levels
  • Others3 other chocolate products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Sodium lauryl sulfate.
  • 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), Sucralose.
  • 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.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Sucralose.
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Sucralose, Sodium lauryl sulfate.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Sucralose (E955)

Only the shared rules above.

Sodium lauryl sulfate

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for chocolate

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 Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.93, highest 8.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 15.7, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 20, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.63, highest 7.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, and nuts: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 2.52, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 8.92, highest 15 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)

SUGAR FREE CHOCOLATE (MALTITOL, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, CALCIUM CASEINATE (MILK), MILK FAT, CONTAINS 1% OR LESS: SOY LECITHIN (AN EMULSIFIER), VANILLA EXTRACT). CHERRIES [PRESERVED WITH POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE AND/OR CALCIUM CARBONATE (A FIRMING AGENT)], CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CARAMEL FLAVOR, NATURAL CREAM FLAVOR (WITH FRACTIONATED COCONUT OIL), MILK FAT, EVAPORATED MILK (WITH DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, VITAMIN D3), COCONUT, POLYDEXTROSE, APRICOT, CHERRY, ALMONDS, CASHEWS, HAZELNUTS, PEANUTS, PECANS, WALNUTS, CONTAINS 1% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: CREAM (SODIUM CITRATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE), HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, SUCRALOSE (A NONNUTRITIVE SWEETNER), WHEY PROTEIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PECTIN, EGG WHITE (WITH SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE), XYLITOL, GELATIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (CHERRY, ORANGE, PEPPERMINT), POTASSIUM ACETATE (A PRESERVATIVE), RED #40, BLUE #1.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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