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Flora Italian Apricot And Raspberry Pastries Mini Linzer Tarts, Italian Apricot And Raspberry

Flora's Distributors, Inc. · Cookies & Biscuits · barcode 00020038511620

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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.
  • Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cookies & biscuits show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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.
  • 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), 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 all of them.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E132. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source

Typical for cookies & biscuits

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 Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.57, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.4, highest 24 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 48.3, highest 68 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 18.3, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, sugar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 15.7, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.53, highest 1.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.43, highest 5.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.6, highest 7.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chocolate chip cookies: found in 6 of 20 samples, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sandwich cookies w/ creme filling: found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.6, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sugar cookies: found in 13 of 19 samples, average 3.07, highest 15.4 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)

FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, ERYME, FOLIC ACID), SHORTENING (PALM OLEIN/PALM STEARIN TRANS FREE BLEND), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE(A PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID, NATURALAND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED, WHEY), SALTED BUTTER (CREAM,SALT , NATURAL FLAVOR)SUGAR, EGGS, ALMOND EMULSION (WATER, ARTIFICIAL ALMOND FLAVORING COMPOUNDS, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE), EGG SHADE FOOD COLOR (WATER, FD&C YELLOW #5, CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, FD&C RED #40, 1/10 OF 1% SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE(AS PRESERVATIVES) CONTAINS: FD&C YELLOW #5 & RED #40), RASPBERRY JELLY (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, SEEDLESS RASPBERRY PUREE, APPLES (PREPARED WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE), FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, PCTIN, CITRIC ACID, GELLAN GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM ACETATE, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVE), FD&C RED #40, FD&C BLUE #2), APRICOT JELLY (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WATER, APRICOT PUREE, EVAPORATED APPLES(PREPARED WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE), CITRIC ACID, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PECTIN, GELLAN GUM, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, FD&C YELLOW #6), DONUT SUGAR (DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, CALCIUM PROPIONATE(PRESERVATIVE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR),

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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