Spoon Scout

Pickles, Olives, Peppers & Relishes · barcode 00030034998790

Chef Salad

Giant Eagle · Giant Eagle, Inc.

  • 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 pickles, olives, peppers & relishes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
  • 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 pickles, olives, peppers & relishes

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 Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 2 of 3, average 4.6, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 3 of 3, average 1.13, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Olives, black, pitted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Black olives: found in 4 of 19, average 0.95, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Dill cucumber pickles: found in 17 of 20, average 3.19, highest 13 ppb (2008-2012)

"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)

ICEBERG LETTUCE, RANCH DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, BUTTERMILK [CULTURED PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK AND MILK, SODIUM CITRATE AND SALT], MALTODEXTRIN, EGG YOLKS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: DEHYDRATED ONION, XANTHAN GUM, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SOUR CREAM [SOUR CREAM {CREAM, NON FAT MILK, CULTURES}, CULTURED NONFAT MILK, CITRIC ACID AND BHA {ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR}], SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE [AS PRESERVATIVES], PHOSPHORIC ACID, SPICE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR]), SMOKED TURKEY BREAST (TURKEY BREAST, CURED WITH WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL FLAVORING, SODIUM DIACETATE, NATURAL MESQUITE SMOKE FLAVORING, ASCORBIC ACID, SODIUM NITRITE, CITRIC ACID), SMOKED HAM WATER ADDED (CURED WITH WATER, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, FLAVORING, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE), SWISS CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH, POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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