Taylor Farms Italian Provolone Cheese, Tomato, Hard Salami, Sliced Pepperoni, Capicola Ham, Green Leaf Lettuce, Red Onion, Roasted Red Peppers On A Roll With A Basil Pesto Aioli Packet Sandwich, Italian

Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. · Prepared Subs & Sandwiches · barcode 00030223033257

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which is 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.
Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of prepared subs & sandwiches show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-02-16). 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

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 prepared subs & sandwiches

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 18.6 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 780 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.6 kg (7.9 lb).
One serving (0.5 sandwich, 146 g, from the label):
19% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 5.31 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). 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 Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27, average 24.6, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27, average 5.74, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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)

SANDWICH ROLL (WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SUGAR, SALT, CANOLA OIL, YEAST, GUAR GUM, RYE FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DEACTIVATED YEAST, DEXTROSE, FAVA BEAN FLOUR, MALT EXTRACT, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID, NIACIN, XANTHAN GUM, REDUCED IRON, CALCIUM SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PROVOLONE CHEESE WITH SMOKE FLAVOR (PROVOLONE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR]), TOMATO, HARD SALAMI (PORK, SALT, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BEEF, FLAVORINGS, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SODIUM NITRITE [PRESERVATIVE], SPICES, VITAMIN C [SODIUM ASCORBATE] [PRESERVATIVE], BHA [PRESERVATIVE], BHT [PRESERVATIVE], CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]), FULLY COOKED PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF WATER, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE [PRESERVATIVE], BHA [ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR], BHT (ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR], CITRIC ACID [ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR]), BASIL PESTO AIOLI (CANOLA OIL, WATER, BASIL PESTO [BASIL, CANOLA OIL, WATER, PARMESAN CHEESE {PART SKIM MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, DRIED GARLIC, SALT], EGG YOLK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, PARMESAN CHEESE [PART SKIM MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], SPICE, DRIED GARLIC, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, MUSTARD FLOUR), HAM CAPICOLA WATER ADDED (HAM CAPICOLA CURED WITH: WATER, DEXTROSE, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SUGAR, POTASSIUM LACTATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM PHOSPHATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM DIACETATE [PRESERVATIVE], FLAVORING, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM NITRITE [PRESERVATIVE], COATED WITH WATER, PAPRIKA, SUGAR, SPICES AND SPICE EXTRACTIVE), GREEN LEAF LETTUCE, RED ONION, ROASTED RED PEPPERS (RED SWEET PEPPER, WATER, SEA SALT, AND CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.

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