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Bon Appetit Danish Co. · Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00035751118148

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine) and Titanium dioxide, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; not approved in the EU. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives8 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; not approved in the EU. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • 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: 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 Partially hydrogenated oils, Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Titanium dioxide.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).

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

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) Source

Typical for cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

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 Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20 samples, average 1.88, highest 9 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)

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, SOY FLOUR, NONFAT DRY MILK, BAKING POWDER, DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, EGG, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, SORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVES), SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SPICE, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, ENZYMES, CORN OIL, BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR), ALPHA-TOCOPHEROLS (PRESERVATIVE), SUGAR, WATER, PALM OIL, POWDERED SUGAR, GLYCERIN, BROWN SUGAR, CALCIUM CARBONATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, DEXTROSE, AGAR, GUAR GUM, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, MONOGLICERIDES, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL), LECITHIN, MALTODEXTRIN, CREAM CHEESE FLAVOR (CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORS, DAIRY CULTURES, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURE), ANHYDROUS MILK FAT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, TRISODIUM CITRATE, SOY), FD&C RED 3, RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1, BLUE 2, SODIUM BENZOATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, VEGETABLE GUM, CITRIC ACID.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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