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Canned & Bottled Beans · barcode 00039400018933

Refried Beans

Bush's · Bush Brothers & Company

  • 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 canned & bottled beans 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.

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
  • 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
  • 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

Typical for canned & bottled beans

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 Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 5.5, highest 14 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1.97, highest 2.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)

"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)

COOKED PINTO BEANS, WATER, LARD AND PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED LARD, SALT, VINEGAR, SPICES, ONION POWDER, AND GARLIC POWDER.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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