Maggi Granulated Chicken Flavor Bouillon, Granulated Chicken
Nestle USA Inc. · Seasoning Mixes, Salts, Marinades & Tenderizers · barcode 00028000109059
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product. Same brand, tested
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of seasoning mixes, salts, marinades & tenderizers 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.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) 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
- 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
Typical for seasoning mixes, salts, marinades & tenderizers
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 10 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 10 ppb (2020)
- Lead in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 10 ppb (2020)
- Cadmium in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Cadmium in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Mercury in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Mercury in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 7 ppb (2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 7 ppb (2020)
"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.
Same brand, tested
Different items from the same brand that a lab has tested. Not this exact product.
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)
SALT, CORNSTARCH, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, AND LESS THAN 2% OF DEHYDRATED CHICKEN* *, TURMERIC, SPICES, CHICKEN FAT* *, DISODIUM INOSNATE, NATURAL FLAVOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.