Quaker Blueberries & Cream Flavored Fruit Pieces & Non-dairy Creamer Instant Oatmeal, Blueberries & Cream
The Quaker Oats Company · Cereal · barcode 00030000560624
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Blue No. 2 (indigotine) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which are banned or not approved in West Virginia from 2028-01-01. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cereal show what's typical. See levels
- Others2 other cereal products have lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 2 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E132. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- 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
- 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
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
- 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
- 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
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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 cereal
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 17.3 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 720 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.4 kg (7.5 lb).One serving (1 packet, 35 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 49.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: 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, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cereal, oat ring: found in 2 of 3, average 3.6, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: 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, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 3 of 3, average 39.7, highest 57 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, oat ring: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: 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, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 29, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.1, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20, average 0.45, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Oat ring cereal: found in 20 of 20, average 4.9, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Inorganic arsenic, Perchlorate. FDA measured them 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, SUGAR, BLUEBERRY FLAVORED AND COLORED FRUIT PIECES (DRIED FIGS, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, GLYCERIN, BLUEBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, CANOLA OIL, ARTIFICIAL BLUEBERRY FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, BLUE 2 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE), CREAMING AGENT (MALTODEXTRIN, SUNFLOWER AND PALM OILS, WHEY, SODIUM CASEINATE), SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, GUAR GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NIACINAMIDE*, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, REDUCED IRON, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE*, RIBOFLAVIN*, SOY LECITHIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE*, FOLIC ACID.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.