Spoon Scout

Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bfstcookie Oatmeal Raisin 84.48Z/1

Pepsico Inc. · Processed Cereal Products · barcode 00030000273258

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.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. 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.

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 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)

Whole Grain Rolled Oats, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Raisins, Whole Wheat Flour, Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oils (Adds a Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Trans Fat) with TBHQ and Citric Acid Added to Preserve Freshness Modified Wheat Starch, Polydextrose, Contains 2% or Less of Calcium Carbonate, Mono and Diglycerides, Water, Glycerin, Dried Apple Puree, Egg Whites, Sugar, Sodium Bicarbonate, Dried Whole Eggs, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Cinnamon, Corn Flour, Malic Acid, Sodium Alginate, Calcium Phosphate, Vitamin E Acetate, Reduced Iron, Niacinamide (One of the B Vitamins), Potassium Sorbate (a Preservative), Sodium Phosphate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (One of the B Vitamins), Thiamin Mononitrate (One of the B Vitamins), Riboflavin (One of the B Vitamins), Vitamin A Palmitate, Cyanocobalamin (One of the B Vitamins).

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

Compare with another product