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The Kellogg Company · Croissants, Sweet Rolls, Muffins & Other Pastries · barcode 00038000102158

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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.
  • Additives6 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). 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. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), DATEM.

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)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

DATEM (E472e)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source

Typical for croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries

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 Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27 samples, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 10.6, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.3, 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 Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 5.2, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Doughnut, cake-type, any flavor: found in 14 of 19 samples, average 6.08, highest 28.7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 1.47, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL (WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS), CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF FRUCTOSE, DEXTROSE, WHEAT STARCH, SALT, RICE FLOUR, CALCIUM CARBONATE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, CARAMEL COLOR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COLOR ADDED, DATEM, GELATIN, SOY LECITHIN, CORNSTARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (CONTAINS MILK), CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GUM, CARNAUBA WAX, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, REDUCED IRON, RED 40, YELLOW 6, GUM TRAGACANTH, VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), YELLOW 5, VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), GUM ARABIC, BLUE 2 LAKE, VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), ANNATTO COLOR, XANTHAN GUM, BLUE 1, BLUE 2.

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

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