Food Lion Muffin Mix, Blueberry, Blueberry

Food Town Stores Inc. · Bread & Muffin Mixes · barcode 00035826044396

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 2 (indigotine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of bread & muffin mixes 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 all of them.
US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
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), 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. 40 (Allura Red), 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. 40 (Allura Red), 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. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Bleached flour, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).

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. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for bread & muffin mixes

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 18.3 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 850 g (30 oz) a day; an adult at about 4 kg (8.8 lb).
One serving (0.33 cup, 42 g, from the label):
5% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 2.49 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 2.13 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 21 kg (46 lb).
One serving (0.33 cup, 42 g, from the label):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.28, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Cornbread, homemade: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 6.43, highest 14 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 27.4, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Cornbread, homemade: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 10, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Cornbread, homemade: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.3, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 26 of 27 samples, average 5.06, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cornbread, homemade: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.23, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Muffin, blueberry: found in 12 of 27 samples, average 1.8, highest 5.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Bread, white, enriched: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 2.55, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Cornbread, homemade: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 3.1, highest 12 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 1.47, highest 8 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 BLEACHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, DEXTROSE, ANIMAL SHORTENING AND VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: TALLOW, SOYBEAN OIL WITH PRESERVATIVE (BHT AND CITRIC ACID), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE SHORTENING (CONTAINS SOYBEAN OIL AND COTTONSEED OIL), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: GELATINIZED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, NONFAT MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE), IRON (FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE), NIACIN (NIACINAMIDE), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE MONONITRATE), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN).

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

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