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Frozen Appetizers & Hors D'oeuvres · barcode 00025583009547

Tofurky, BBQ Chick'n Pocket Sandwiches

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 frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres 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.

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 frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres

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 Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.16, highest 4.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 5.7, highest 8.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 4 of 27, average 0.56, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 13 of 20, average 3.42, highest 12.5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20, average 6.03, highest 51 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)

CRUST - WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SOYBEAN OIL, DOUGH CONDITIONER [CALCIUM SULFATE, GARLIC POWDER], SALT, YEAST, STARCH, ASCORBIC ACID, ENRICHED DURUM FLOUR (DURUM FLOUR, IRON, NIACIN, THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID). FILLING - TOFURKY CHICK'N: [WATER, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, ORGANIC TOFU (WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), EXPELLER PRESSED NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CANOLA OIL, NATURAL VEGAN FLAVORING, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, OAT FIBER, NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN STARCH, SEA SALT, SUNFLOWER OIL, SESAME OIL, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, PAPRIKA, GRANULATED GARLIC, CALCIUM LACTATE FROM BEETS, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SPICES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (A NATURALLY OCCURRING MINERAL), GUM ARABIC, CITRIC ACID, ONION POWDER], WATER, TOMATO PASTE, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, MOLASSES POWDER (MOLASSES, IDENTITY PRESERVED MALTODEXTRIN), ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SEA SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICES, RICE STARCH, BROWN SUGAR.

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

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