Crackers & Biscotti · barcode 00028400586573
Spicy Queso With Hot Red Peppers
Tostitos · Frito-Lay Company
- 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 crackers & biscotti show what's typical. See levels
- Others1 other crackers & biscotti product has lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). 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
DATEM (E472e)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472e. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 crackers & biscotti
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 1.13 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 790 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):13% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 32.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 470 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):21% of a toddler's daily limit5% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.53 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Crackers, graham: found in 1 of 3, average 2.5, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Crackers, saltine: found in 1 of 3, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, graham: found in 3 of 3, average 43.3, highest 49 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 28, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Crackers, saltine: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 3.5, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20, average 10.2, highest 37 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Crackers, graham: found in 8 of 20, average 1.34, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Crackers, saltine: found in 5 of 20, average 0.57, 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)
WATER, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SUNFLOWER OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, RED BELL PEPPER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN (MADE FROM CORN AND POTATO), MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), AND LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: ONION, SALT, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, YEAST EXTRACT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, BUTTERMILK, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, ONION POWDER, CRACKED RED PEPPER, GARLIC PUREE, DATEM, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, AND XANTHAN GUM.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.