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Friendly's Celebration Premium Ice Cream Cake, Vanilla; Chocolate

Friendly Ice Cream Corp. · Other Frozen Desserts · barcode 00029839000838

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Green No. 3 (Fast Green) and Titanium dioxide, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives8 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of other frozen desserts show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-06-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Green No. 3 (Fast Green), Titanium dioxide.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Green No. 3 (Fast Green).
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Green No. 3 (Fast Green).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Green No. 3 (Fast Green).
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Green No. 3 (Fast Green).
  • 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. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Green No. 3 (Fast Green), Bleached flour.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Green No. 3 (Fast Green) (E143)

  • EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) Source

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • 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

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source

Typical for other frozen desserts

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.83, highest 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 19 samples, average 0.16, highest 1 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)

ICE CREAM AND DECORATION INGREDIENTS AS PACKAGED: MILK, VANILLA FLAVORED ICING (WATER, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, SODIUM CASEINATE, POLYSORBATE 60, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOY LECITHIN, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, XANTHAN GUM, COLORS*), CREAM, SKIM MILK, SUGAR, CHOCOLATE FLAVORED, CRUNCH (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, PALM OIL, COCOA [PROCESSED WITH ALKALI], CORN SYRUP, CORN FLOUR, BAKING SODA, SOY, LECITHIN, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS), CORN SYRUP, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, ANNATTO AND TURMERIC EXTRACT, (COLOR), AS PACKAGED DECORATIVE OPTIONS MAY INCLUDE: CONFETTI (SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, CORNSTARCH, CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, COLORS*)., GEL (WATER, SUGAR, CORNSTARCH-MODIFIED, CITRIC ACID, COLORS*), *COLORS: ICING AND DECORATIONS MAY INCLUDE BLUE 1, BLUE 1 LAKE, BLUE 2, BLUE 2 LAKE, RED 3, RED 40, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 6 LAKE, GREEN 3, TITANIUM DIOXIDE

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.

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