Spoon Scout

Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks · barcode 00034952575705

Sportsman's Mix

Eillien's · Eillien's Candies Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
  • Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks show what's typical. See levels

FDA recalls

Additives with restrictions somewhere

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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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 popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks

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 Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20, average 0.56, highest 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)

PEANUTS, SESAME STIX (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR [WITH MALTED BARLEY FLOUR], SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, BULGAR WHEAT, SALT, BEET POWDER [COLOR] AND TURMERIC [COLOR]), HONEY ROASTED PEANUTS (PEANUTS, HONEY, SUGAR, CORN STARCH, COTTONSEED OIL AND SALT), SUNFLOWER KERNELS, CASHEWS, ALMONDS, CHEESE CORN STICKS (YELLOW CORN MASA, SOYBEAN OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE SEASONING [DEHYDRATED CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY (MILK), SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), DRIED WHEY (MILK), SALT, BUTTERMILK POWDER (MILK), DEXTROSE MONOHYDRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING (CONTAINS MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SOYBEAN/COTTONSEED OIL), ONION AND GARLIC POWDERS, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC AND PAPRIKA, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 6 LAKE, LACTIC ACID]), PEPITAS, PEANUT AND/OR COTTONSEED AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT.

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

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