Libby's No Sugar Added Premium Fruit Medley Sweetened With Splenda, Splenda
Seneca Foods Corporation · Canned Fruit · barcode 00021300501028
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 canned fruit show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 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.
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
- 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
Typical for canned fruit
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Applesauce, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Fruit cocktail, canned in light syrup, solids and liquids: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.5, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Applesauce, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Fruit cocktail, canned in light syrup, solids and liquids: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Applesauce, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Fruit cocktail, canned in light syrup, solids and liquids: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Applesauce, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Fruit cocktail, canned in light syrup, solids and liquids: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Applesauce, bottled: found in 0 of 20 samples, all below 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Fruit cocktail, canned in light syrup: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.25, highest 2 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)
PEACHES, WATER, PEARS, PINEAPPLE, CHERRIES COLORED WITH RED #3, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), SUCRALOSE, NATURAL FLAVORING, CITRIC ACID.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.