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Cheese · barcode 00041500988115

Buffalo Style Chicken Dip, Buffalo Style Chicken

Frank's Redhot · McCormick & Company, 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 cheese show what's typical. See levels
  • Others1 other cheese product has lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-01-06). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • 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
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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
  • 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 cheese

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 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)

FULLY COOKED CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SEA SALT), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, STABILIZERS (XANTHAN, CAROB BEAN, AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), HOT SAUCE (AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), RANCH DRESSING (WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, CULTURED LOWFAT BUTTERMILK (LOWFAT MILK, CONDENSED SKIM MILK, CULTURES), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, SUGAR, GARLIC JUICE, ONION JUICE, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED MILK, CREAM, NONFAT DRY MILK, CAROB BEAN GUM, CARAGEENAN, POTASSUM SORBATE, XANTHAN GUM, SPICES, MUSTARD FLOUR, SORBIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR) , PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, PHOSPHORIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, LACTIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, WHEY, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DISODIUM INOSINATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, DEHYDRATED CHIVES, POLYSORBATE 80, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CITRIC ACID, ENZYME MODIFIED CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, ENZYMES), MALIC ACID, YELLOW 5), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR), POTATO STARCH, POWDERED CELLULOSE), CONTAINS 2 % OR LESS OF: MALTODEXTRIN, CULTURED DEXTROSE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SALT, EGG WHITE LYSOZYME, NISIN PREPARATION, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-01-06. Labels change; check the package.

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