Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches, Biscuits & Meals · barcode 00025583009578
Tofurky, Quiche Vegan Sausage & Veggie
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 breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals 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 breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 15.9 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 940 g (33 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.63 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 2.33 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 16 kg (35 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.42, highest 6.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 19.4, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 13.3, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 6.9, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Eggs, boiled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.09, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20, average 5.36, highest 34.6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 16 of 20, average 2.81, highest 6 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)
QUICHE FILLING: WATER, TOFURKY ITALIAN SAUSAGE (ORGANIC TOFU [WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE], VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, EXPELLER PRESSED NON-GMO CANOLA OIL, WATER, SHOYU SOY SAUCE [WATER, NON-GMO ENGINEERED SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT, CULTURE], SUN-DRIED TOMATOES, ORGANIC SOY FLOUR, BASIL, BLACK PEPPER, SPICES, GRANULATED GARLIC, SALT, CHILI PEPPER), ORGANIC TOFU (FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), ORGANIC SOY MILK (FILTERED WATER, WHOLE ORGANIC SOYBEANS, CARRAGEENAN, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR), ZUCCHINI, TOMATOES, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, POBLANO CHILES, RED BELL PEPPERS, RED ONIONS, NON-GMO SOY PROTEIN POWDER, VEGAN CHEESE (FILTERED WATER, TAPIOCA AND OR/PEA STARCH, NON-GMO EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL AND/OR EXPELLER PRESSED SAFFLOWER OL, COCONUT OIL, PEA PROTEIN, SALT, VEGAN NATURAL FLAVORS, DRIED YEAST, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID [DERIVED FROM SUGAR], TITANIUM DIOXIDE [A NATURALLY OCCURRING MINERAL]), RICE STARCH, DRIED YEAST, VEGAN NATURAL FLAVORS (CONTAINS MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, LACTIC ACID [DERIVED FROM SUGAR], SALT), SPICES, DRIED SPINACH, CARRAGEENAN, KONJAC, DEXTROSE, POSTASSIUM CHLORIDE, BETA CAROTENE, MODIFIED VEGETABLE GUM, BAKING POWDER (MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN STARCH), XANTHAN GUM, SEA SALT. CRUST: WHOLE GRAIN STONE GROUND SOFT WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC BRAZILIAN PALM OIL, ENRICHED WHITE FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, SALT.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.