Lucky Leaf Supreme Pie Filling, Blueberries & Creme
Knouse Foods Inc. · Pastry Shells & Fillings · barcode 00028500106527
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which is banned or not approved in EU from 2022-08-07. Details
- 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 pastry shells & fillings show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). 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 pastry shells & fillings
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 8.9 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.8 kg (17 lb).One serving (0.33 cup, 85 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3, average 5.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3, average 10.5, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3, average 7.73, highest 8.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Apple pie, fresh/frozen: found in 2 of 20, average 0.1, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pumpkin pie, fresh/frozen: found in 19 of 20, average 5.8, highest 15 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.
"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, BLUEBERRIES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH (CORN), BLUEBERRY PUREE, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, CARRAGEENAN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, AND POTASSIUM CHLORIDE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.