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Other Meats · barcode 00025583005259

Thai Basil Plant-based Chick'n, Thai Basil

Tofurky · Turtle Island Foods, Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of other meats show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-09-14). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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 other meats

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 Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 25 of 27, average 5.56, highest 21 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, broiled: found in 2 of 20, average 0.4, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pork chop, pan-cooked w/ oil: found in 10 of 20, average 12.6, highest 73 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)

WATER, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, TOFU (WATER, SOYBEANS, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), GARLIC PUREE, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), NATURAL FLAVORS, BASIL, AGAVE SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CORNSTARCH, OAT FIBER, CANE SUGAR, SEA SALT, SPICES, RED CHILI FLAKES, POBLANO PEPPERS, GRANULATED GARLIC, ONION POWDER, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SUNFLOWER OIL, SESAME OIL, CELERY SEED OIL, CALCIUM LACTATE, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), GUM ARABIC, XANTHAN GUM.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-09-14. Labels change; check the package.

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