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Cereal · barcode 00021140181398

Enriched Instant Grits, Cheese

Winn-dixie · Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives5 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cereal show what's typical. See levels
  • Others2 other cereal products have lab results. Compare them

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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
  • 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

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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 cereal

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 Cereal, corn flakes: found in 1 of 3, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, oat ring: found in 2 of 3, average 3.6, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 3 of 3, average 39.7, highest 57 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, oat ring: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 29, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.1, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20, average 0.45, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Oat ring cereal: found in 20 of 20, average 4.9, highest 9 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)

SPECIALLY PROCESSED DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN GRITS, DEHYDRATED CHEESE POWDER (MODIFIED WHEY. PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN COCONUT AND/OR COTTONSEED OILS SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [ CULTURED MILK, SALT AND ENZYMES]. MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), SALT CALCIUM CARBONATE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, BHA AND CITRIC ACID (AS PRESERVATIVE), NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE*, RIBOFLAVIN*, FOLIC ACID*, WHEY, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, SODIUM CASEINATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE.

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

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