Little Debbie Cookie With Caramel And Crisp Rice Cosmic Snack, Caramel And Crisp Rice
McKee Foods Corporation · Cookies & Biscuits · barcode 00024300841323
What stands out
Bars show one serving: 0.333 cookie, 29 g, from the label.
- Typical for this kind of food
FDA found about 90 ppb inorganic arsenic in crisped rice cereal like this (not a test of this product). Details
▲ 3× a toddler's daily limit● 64% of an adult's daily limit - From the label
The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Titanium dioxide and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cookies & biscuits 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
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), DATEM.
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Bleached flour.
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Bleached flour, DATEM.
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
Only the shared rules above.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
Only the shared rules above.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- 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
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Bleached flour
Only the shared rules above.
DATEM (E472e)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for cookies & biscuits
Compared with FDA's crisped rice cereal: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 14 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 690 g (24 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).One serving (0.333 cookie, 29 g, from the label):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 3 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 630 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 3 kg (6.6 lb).One serving (0.333 cookie, 29 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 170 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Inorganic arsenic: typically 90.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 9.7 g (0.34 oz) a day; an adult at about 45 g (1.6 oz).One serving (0.333 cookie, 29 g, from the label):▲ 3× a toddler's daily limit● 64% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
Total arsenic counts every form of arsenic, including less harmful ones; inorganic arsenic is the more harmful part of it, so its number is part of the total.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
- Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 3 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)
CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, BARLEY MALT, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, CRISP RICE (RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, WHEY, SALT, BARLEY MALT, WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE), WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, MOLASSES, PALM AND SOYBEAN OILS WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID TO PROTECT FLAVOR, RAISIN PASTE, WATER, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: COCOA, PALM KERNEL AND SOYBEAN OILS, WHEY, CORN STARCH, SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), SOY LECITHIN, CARAMEL COLOR, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, DRIED EGGS, SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES, ANNATTO EXTRACT, BETA CAROTENE, BLUE 1, CARRAGEENAN, CHOCOLATE, CITRIC ACID, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, DATEM, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MALIC ACID, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, PECTIN, POLYSORBATE 60, POLYSORBATE 80, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE, RED 40, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SORBIC ACID (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, SPICES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, TURMERIC, YELLOW 5.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.