Spoon Scout

Fareway ""Spicy Japanese Peanuts, Seasoned Peanuts, Wasabi Peas, Honey Sesame Sticks, Garlic Wontons, Dry Roasted Edamame, Asian Mix, Spicy

Fareway Stores, Inc. · Other Snacks · barcode 00021333090445

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of other snacks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-05-23). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 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.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • 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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for other snacks

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chips, potato: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 130, highest 200 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 36.3, highest 42 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chips, potato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.33, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.73, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato chips: found in 11 of 20 samples, average 2.23, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 8 of 19 samples, average 1.62, highest 10 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)

PEANUTS, JAPANESE PEANUTS (WHEAT FLOUR, PEANUTS, CANE SUGAR, TAPIOCA STARCH, RICE FLOUR, SALT, LEAVENING (AMMONIUM BICARBONATE BAKING SODA), SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), POTATO STARCH), WASABI PEAS (GREEN PEAS, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, PALM OIL, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, GLUCOSE, WASABI POWDER, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1), HONEY ROASTED SESAME STICKS (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MAILED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, HONEY COATING (SUCROSE, WHEAT STARCH, HONEY), BULGUR WHEAT, TACK BLEND (MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM). SALT, COLOR ADDED (BEET POWDER, TURMERIC)). GARLIC GINGER WONTON STRIPS (WHEAT FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, CORN STARCH, SUGAR, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, SEA SALT, CORN SYRUP. WHEAT GLUTEN SPICES, ONION POWDER, SOY SAUCE POWDER (SOY SAUCE (SOYBEANS, SALT, WHEAT) MALTODEXTRIN), NATURAL FLAVORS, SESAME OIL, CITRIC ACID). DRY ROASTED EDAMAME, SEASONINGS (SUGAR, SPICES MALTODEXTRIN, TOMATO POWDER ONION POWDER, SALT, SRIRACHA CHILI SAUCE (CHILI PEPPERS, VINEGAR GARLIC, SUGAR SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM). GARLIC POWDER. YEAST EXTRACT, SOY SAUCE (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT). SOY SAUCE POWDER NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, VINEGAR), COTTONSEED AND PEANUT OIL.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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