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Big Y New England Style Stuffed Clams, New England Style

Big Y Foods, Inc. · Frozen Fish & Seafood · barcode 00018894330264

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen fish & seafood show what's typical. See levels

Fish advice for pregnancy, breastfeeding and children

On FDA and EPA's fish chart: Clam: Best Choice.

FDA and EPA advise people who are or may become pregnant, people who are breastfeeding, and parents of children 1 to 11:

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding: 2 to 3 servings a week from the Best Choices list, or 1 serving a week from the Good Choices list. A serving is 4 ounces.
  • Children: 2 servings a week from the Best Choices list. A serving is about 1 ounce at ages 1 to 3, 2 ounces at 4 to 7, 3 ounces at 8 to 10, and 4 ounces at 11.

By the week

EPA's daily limit for methylmercury adds up to about 49 µg a week for a 154-lb adult and 10.5 µg for a 33-lb toddler. A daily limit is an average over time, so one fish meal counts across the whole week.

  • At FDA's average for cod, baked; fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked; shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails; tilapia, baked (31.5 ppb, 84 samples, 2017-2020; not a test of this product): about 14 servings of 4 ounces a week reach EPA's limit for a 154-lb adult; about 12 servings of 1 ounce for a 33-lb toddler.

Source: FDA and EPA, Advice about Eating Fish (revised October 2021). Mercury in fish FDA tested

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-12-22). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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
  • 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 frozen fish & seafood

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 Cod, baked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27 samples, average 4.87, highest 28 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Tilapia, baked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cod, baked: found in 16 of 27 samples, average 2.19, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 18 of 27 samples, average 5.69, highest 36 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Tilapia, baked: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.06, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 83.4, highest 140 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 7.19, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 6.68, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 4,915, highest 10,900 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 358, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 117, highest 290 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Shrimp, boiled: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 36, highest 147 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)

WATER, BREADING (UNBLEACHED, UNBROMATED, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, IRON, NIACIN, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SALT, FRESH YEAST), TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY FLOUR), MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE)), ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE), CELERY, ONION, PEPPERS, CLAM MEAT, GRATED CHEESE (ROMANO (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PARMESAN (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), IMITATION CHEESE, WHEY, POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CRACKING), SALT, IMITATION BACON BITS (SOY FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL WITH TBHQ, SALT, LESS THAN 2 PERCENT OF HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SUNFLOWER OIL, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, INACTIVE DRIED YEAST, CARAMEL COLOR, FD & C RED #3, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, SALT), SOY LECITHIN, AND NATURAL FLAVOR) PEPPER, GRANULATED GARLIC, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, PARSLEY.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.

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