Quaker Oatmeal to Go Brown Sugar Cinnamon Breakfast Bars(6-2.1 oz)Ounce 6 Count Box

Pepsico Inc. · Processed Cereal Products · barcode 00030000438305

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which is banned or not approved in US (FDA). 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 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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (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
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
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.

Cadmium: typically 5.78 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).
One serving (60 g, from the label):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% 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 Cereal, corn flakes: found in 1 of 3, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3, average 16, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 4.73, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 2.2, highest 2.6 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3, average 16.3, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.6, highest 4.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.7, highest 5.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 7 of 20, average 0.55, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Oatmeal, plain, cooked: found in 15 of 20, 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, Brown Sugar, Oat Flour, Oat Bran Concentrate, Rice Flour, Sugar, Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil [Adds a Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Trans Fat], Soybean Oil, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil [Adds a Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Trans Fat], Salt, Mono and Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Calcium Disodium EDTA [a Preservative], Annatto Color, Artificial Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate), Polydextrose, Modified Food Starch, Glycerin, Corn Syrup, Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley Extract, Salt, Sorbitol, Cinnamon, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Sodium Alginate, Malic Acid, Enzyme Modified Soy Protein, Tocopherols, Tricalcium Phosphate, Niacinamide (One of the B Vitamins), Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Artificial Color, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Reduced Iron, Trisodium Phosphate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (One of the B Vitamins), Riboflavin (One of the B Vitamins), Thiamin Mononitrate (One of the B Vitamins), BHT (Preservative), Folic Acid (One of the B Vitamins). CONTAINS SOY INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PEANUT AND OTHER TREE NUTS.

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

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