Conagra Brands BERTOLLI Italian Sausage And Peppers Twin Pack, 44 OZ
Conagra Brands · Vegetable Based Products / Meals · barcode 00031000670313
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of vegetable based products / meals 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.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to all of them.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
- 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. Applies to all of them.
- 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. Applies to all of them.
- 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. Applies to all of them.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- 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
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for vegetable based products / meals
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 8.67 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.5 kg (17 lb).One serving (156 g, from the label):10% of a toddler's daily limit2% 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 Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Veggie burger: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.07, highest 6.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.97, highest 9.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Soup, vegetable, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.4, highest 5.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 10 of 20 samples, average 1.23, highest 6 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)
Sauce (Diced Tomatoes, Water, Tomato Puree, Onions, Less Than 2% Of: Sugar, Garlic, Salt, Tomato Paste, Spices, Modified Corn Starch, Olive Oil), Cooked Italian Sausage (Pork, Seasonings [Salt, Spices, Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Flavoring, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid], Water), Vegetables (Green and Red Bell Peppers, Onions).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.