Bertolli Chicken Parmigiana & Penne Pasta And Breaded White Meat Chicken In A Tomato Mozzarella Sauce Classic Skillet Meal, Chicken Parmigiana & Penne
Mizkan America, Inc. · Frozen Dinners & Entrees · barcode 00036200230510
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of frozen dinners & entrees show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). 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.
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
Bleached flour
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source
Typical for frozen dinners & entrees
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 7.87 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.7 kg (19 lb).One serving (340 g, from the label):18% of a toddler's daily limit4% of an adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 2.67 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4 kg (8.8 lb) a day; an adult at about 19 kg (42 lb).One serving (340 g, from the label):8% 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 Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 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)
BLEACHED PENNE PASTA (WATER, ENRICHED SEMOLINA (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL], CRUSHED TOMATOES IN PUREE, FULLY COOKED ITALIAN STYLE BREADED CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS WITH RIB MEAT (BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SPICES, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, DEXTROSE, PARMESAN CHEESE (PARTIALLY SKIM MILK CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SUGAR, ENZYME MODIFIED PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CHEESE FLAVOR WITH DEHYDRATED CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), MALTODEXTRIN, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SOY LECITHIN), WHEY, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), YEAST, NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, ONION POWDER, MUSTARD SEED, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, PARSLEY, CARAMEL COLOR), TOMATOES, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (WHOLE PASTEURIZED MILK, NONFAT MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, BASIL, SPICES.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.