Frozen Appetizers & Hors D'oeuvres · barcode 00036800413733
Philly Cheesesteak Lean Stuffed Sandwiches
@Ease · Topco Associates, Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- 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
- 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
Typical for frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres
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 12.7 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.3 kg (12 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):9% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 44.4 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 3 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 10 kg (22 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a 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 Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.16, highest 4.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 5.7, highest 8.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 4 of 27, average 0.56, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 13 of 20, average 3.42, highest 12.5 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20, average 6.03, highest 51 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 FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SEASONED COOKED BEEF STRIPS (BEEF, WATER, NATURAL BEEF FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SALT, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM PHOSPHATES, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICE EXTRACTIVES), LOW FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE ([PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES] NON FAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH,* *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE.), ONIONS, MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDIES, NATURAL BUTTER, FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID (PRESERVATIVES), BETA CAROTENE [FOR COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, WHEAT FLOUR, PALM OIL, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], GRANULAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, METHYLCELLULOSE, SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO AND TURMERIC), WHEY POWDER, FULLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL WITH SOY LECITHIN, RED AND GREEN PEPPERS, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SEASONING (SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK, NON FAT MILK SOLIDS, PARMESAN CHEESE [PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICE, SUCCINIC ACID, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO, LACTIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC), DOUGH CONDITIONERS (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, DEODORIZED GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, FUNGAL ENZYMES, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, ETHOXYLATED MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), SALT, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG YOLKS, DRIED EGG WHITES, POWDERED CELLULOSE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.