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Prepared Soups · barcode 00031000650230

BERTOLLI Italian Style Wedding Soup, 24 OZ

Conagra Brands

  • 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 prepared soups show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2020-02-27). 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

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

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 prepared soups

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 Soup, chicken noodle, canned, condensed, prepared with water: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Soup, clam chowder, New England, canned, ready to serve: found in 1 of 3, average 1.7, highest 5.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Soup, chicken noodle, canned, condensed, prepared with water: found in 3 of 3, average 2.63, highest 2.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Soup, clam chowder, New England, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3, average 19, highest 24 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3, average 10.3, highest 20 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3, average 5.97, highest 9.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Soup, chicken noodle, canned, condensed, prepared with water: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Soup, clam chowder, New England, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Soup, chicken noodle, canned, condensed, prepared with water: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Soup, clam chowder, New England, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3, average 160, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Soup, chicken noodle, canned, cond, prepared w/ water: found in 10 of 20, average 0.77, highest 2.4 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)

WATER, COOKED PASTA (ENRICHED PASTA [DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, SOYBEAN OIL), ITALIAN STYLE MEATBALLS (BEEF, WATER, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT [TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR], ROMANO CHEESE [SHEEP'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], DRIED WHOLE EGG, BREAD CRUMBS [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, DEXTROSE, YEAST, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL], DEXTROSE, SPICES, SALT, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), SPINACH, ONIONS, CARROTS, CONCENTRATED CHICKEN BROTH, WHEAT FLOUR, RENDERED CHICKEN FAT, LESS THAN 2% OF: SPICES, BACON ([CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ASCORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE], SMOKE FLAVOR), CRUSHED TOMATOES IN PUREE (DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO PUREE, CITRIC ACID), BUTTER, CELERY, CHICKEN FLAVOR (NATURAL FLAVORS [INCLUDING CHICKEN BROTH, CHICKEN FAT, EGG YOLK SOLIDS, NONFAT DRY MILK], AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY POWDER), ROASTED CHICKEN FLAVOR (SALT, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CHICKEN FLAVOR, CHICKEN, FLAVOR, MALTODEXTRIN, LACTIC ACID, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE), ROASTED GARLIC, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR.CONTAINS: EGG, MILK, SOY, WHEAT

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.

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