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Signature Select Strawberry Cheesecake Flavored Ice Cream With A Strawberry Flavored Swirl & Cheesecake Chunks, Strawberry Cheesecake

Safeway, Inc. · Other Frozen Desserts · barcode 00021130098842

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which are banned or not approved in West Virginia from 2028-01-01. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of other frozen desserts show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-12-01). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • 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
  • 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 other frozen desserts

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 Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.83, highest 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 19 samples, average 0.16, highest 1 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)

SKIM MILK, CREAM, SUGAR, STRAWBERRY SWIRL (SUGAR, STRAWBERRIES, CORN SYRUP, WATER, NATURAL FLAVORS, PECTIN, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], LOCUST BEAN GUM, RED 40, BLUE 1), CHEESECAKE PIECES (CREAM CHEESE [MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS], SUGAR, WHOLE EGG, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], BUTTER, WATER, PALM SHORTENING [PALM OIL AND PALM FRACTION], CORNSTARCH, MOLASSES, VANILLA, LEMON PUREE [CHOPPED LEMON PEELS, CANE SUGAR, NATURAL LEMON FLAVOR], SALT, MILK SOLIDS [MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, NONFAT DRY MILK, LACTOSE], BAKING SODA, CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUM, CINNAMON, CITRIC ACID), CORN SYRUP, WHEY, CHEESECAKE FLAVOR (CORN SYRUP, WATER, DEHYDRATED BAKERS CHEESE [NONFAT MILK SOLIDS, LACTIC ACID, CULTURES], BUTTERMILK, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM SULFATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, SODIUM CITRATE, CARRAGEENAN.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-12-01. Labels change; check the package.

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