MARIE CALLENDERS Country Fried Chicken And Gravy Dinners, 16 OZ
Conagra Brands Inc · Ready-Made Combination Meals · barcode 00021131506056
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of ready-made combination meals show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-04-27). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- 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: 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.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene), Bleached flour.
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
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
Bleached flour
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for ready-made combination meals
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 7.87 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.7 kg (19 lb).One serving (454 g, from the label):24% of a toddler's daily limit5% of an adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 2.67 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4 kg (8.8 lb) a day; an adult at about 19 kg (42 lb).One serving (454 g, from the label):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 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)
Mashed Potatoes (Rehydrated Potato Flakes and Granules [Water, Potatoes, Mono- and Diglycerides, Citric Acid, Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate, BHT, Sodium Bisulfite], Soybean Oil, Butter [Cream, Salt], Salt, Sugar, Black Pepper), Breaded White Meat Chicken Patty (Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Breader [Bleached Wheat Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Salt, Spices, Leavening {Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate}, Spice Extractive], Water, Batter [Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Salt, Spices, Guar Gum, Leavening {Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate}, Garlic Powder], Textured Soy Protein Concentrate, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Sodium Phosphates, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Flavoring, Fried in Vegetable Oil), Corn, Water, Contains 2% or less of: Modified Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Butter (Cream, Salt), Chives, Nonfat Dry Milk, Roux (Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil), Chicken Base (Chicken Flavor [Contains Chicken Broth, Maltodextrin, Turkey Broth, Yeast Extract, Cooked Chicken, Turkey Fat, Turkey Meat, Xanthan Gum, Disodium Inosinate & Disodium Guanylate, Cottonseed Oil, Mushroom Powder, Flavor], Salt, Rendered Chicken Fat, Sugar, Modifed Corn Starch, Extractives Of Turmeric), Salt, Garlic, Flavoring (Yeast Extract, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavor [Potato Maltodextrin, Natural Flavor, Gum Arabic], Lactic Acid Powder [Modified Corn Starch, Lactic Acid], Citric Acid, Aspartic Acid, Malic Acid), Shallot Juice Concentrate (Contains Vegetable Oil), Flavoring, Sugar, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-04-27. Labels change; check the package.