Cheese · barcode 00041318580006

Cheesy Melt Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread

Schnucks · Schnuck Markets, Inc.

FDA recalls

• 2023-09-27 · Class III · Terminated Refrigerated pasteurized process cheese products may not be refrigerated at customer level due to labeled refrigeration requirements varying on finished product labels.Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.: Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product, packaged under the following brands and sizes: 1. Clancy's CheeseMelt, 1/2 Less Fat Than Cheddar Cheese, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. Refrigerate after Opening. Dist, & Sold exclusively by: Aldi, Batavia, IL 60510 2. Dutch Farms Cheese Melt Original, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 91945-66666 6. Refrigerate after Opeining. Distributed by Dutch Farms, Chicago, IL 60628. 3. Essential Everyday Melting Cheez, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 41303-00900 0. After Opening, Refrigerate up to 8 weeks. Do not Freeze. Distributed by UNFI, Providence, RI 02908 4. food club Cheezy does it, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 36800-47137 5. Refrigerate after Purchase. Distributed by Topco Associates, LLC, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. 5. Food Lion Cheesy Melt, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 35826-00937 1. Refrigerate after Opening. Distributed by Food Lion, LLC, Salisbury, NC 28147. 6. John F. Martin & Sons, Lancaster County, PA, Easy Cheese Spread, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 46158-83104 2. Refrigerate after Purchase. Distributed By: John F Martin & Sons LLC, Stevens, PA 17578 7. Our Family Smooth & Creamy American Process Cheese, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 70253-50209 5. Refrigerated after Opening. Distributed By Pique Brands, Inc. Grand Rapids, MI 49518 8. Schnucks Cheesy Melt, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 41318-58000 6. Keep Refrigerated after Opening. Distributed By Schnuck Markets, Inc., St. Louis, MO 63146-6928 9. Tops Cheezy Does, Melts Easily, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. Refrigerate after Purchase. Distributed By Tops Markets, LLC, 124 Taylor Drive, Depew, NY 14043 10. Troyer Simply Meltz Easy, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 49646-93489 8. Refrigerate after Purchase. Manufactured for: Troyer Cheese, Inc., Millersburg, OH 44654. 11. Walnut Creek Foods Meltz Cheesy, Net Wt 32 oz (2 lbs) 907g. UPC 0 25555-99701 8. Refrigerated after Opening. Distributed By Walnut Creek Foods, Walnut Creek, OH 44687 FDA record F-1526-2023

Typical for cheese

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

• Perchlorate: typically 5.9 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.1 kg (13 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  8% of a toddler's daily limit

  2% of a adult's daily limit
• Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

• Lead in Cheese, American, processed: found in 1 of 3, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Lead in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Lead in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 2.8, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 3 of 27, average 0.23, highest 2.9 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Cheese, American, processed: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 8.2, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Perchlorate in Cheese, American, processed: found in 20 of 20, average 12, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Cheese, Swiss, natural: found in 18 of 20, average 5.14, highest 17 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Cheese, cheddar, natural (sharp/mild): found in 18 of 20, average 7.05, highest 69 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)

AMERICAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, NONFAT DRY MILK, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CREAM, SALT, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM AND COLOR ADDED.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.

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