Canned Seafood · barcode 00018894329657

Stuffed Clams

Big Y · Big Y Foods, 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 canned seafood show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). 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

DATEM (E472e)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472e. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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

Typical for canned seafood

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

Cadmium: typically 2.1 ppb (FDA, 30 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.8 kg (8.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 18 kg (40 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
3% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: typically 38.2 ppb (FDA, 30 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 36 g (1.3 oz) a day; an adult at about 170 g (6 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
▲ 2.8× a toddler's daily limit
● 60% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 336 ppb (FDA, 30 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 13 of 27, average 1.6, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 20.8, highest 46 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 376, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1,200, highest 1,400 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 4 of 20, average 0.88, highest 12.1 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Tuna, canned in water, drained: found in 8 of 20, average 3.51, highest 29 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)

BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [CONTAINS IRON, NIACIN, THIAMIN, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID], WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, DEXTROSE, YEAST, SALT, SESAME SEEDS, DIACETYL TARTARIC ACID, ESTERS OF MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, DOUGH CONDITIONERS [ASCORBIC ACID, FUNGAL ENZYME]), CELERY, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY FLOUR), ONIONS, BUTTER BLEND (BUTTER, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, WHEY, LECITHIN, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), CHOPPED OCEAN CLAMS (OCEAN CLAMS AND OCEAN CLAM JUICE, SALT, SODIUM AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT COLOR), SALT, GRANULATED GARLIC, BLACK PEPPER, RED PEPPER FLAKES, CLAM POWDER (DEHYDRATED CLAM BROTH AND MALTODEXTRIN).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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