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Quaker Cwy Granola Bars Big Chocolate & Salted Caramel 1.41Z

Pepsico Inc. · Processed Cereal Products · barcode 00030000001936

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Blue No. 2 (indigotine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of processed cereal products show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source

Typical for processed cereal products

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 16, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.73, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 2.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 16.3, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.6, highest 4.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.7, highest 5.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 7 of 20 samples, average 0.55, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Oatmeal, plain, cooked: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 1.35, highest 4 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)

GRANOLA (WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, BROWN SUGAR, CRISP RICE [RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT], WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED WHEAT, SOYBEAN OIL, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN, CARAMEL COLOR, NONFAT DRY MILK), CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), OAT CEREAL (WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, BROWN SUGAR, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, MOLASSES, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, REDUCED IRON, ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, BHT (PRESERVATIVE), NIACINAMIDE, YELLOW 5, ZINC OXIDE, YELLOW 6, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN), PRETZELS (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], CORN SYRUP, SALT, MALT SYRUP, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), BROWN RICE CRISPS (WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SALT), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL AND PALM OIL), OLIGOFRUCTOSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SOYBEAN OIL, GLYCERIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE, REDUCED MINERAL WHEY POWDER, WATER, HONEY, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, NONFAT DRY MILK, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BHT (PRESERVATIVE), BLUE 2 LAKE, CARAMEL COLOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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