First Street Patriotic Frosted Sugar Cookies, Patriotic Frosted Sugar
Smart & Final Iris Corporation · Cookies & Biscuits · barcode 00041512172755
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Titanium dioxide and Propylparaben, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; California ban from 2027. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; California ban from 2027. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cookies & biscuits show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-10-26). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Titanium dioxide.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Sodium aluminum sulfate.
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Propylparaben.
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
- 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: 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Propylparaben.
- 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Propylparaben, Bleached flour, Sodium aluminum sulfate.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Propylparaben, Bleached flour, Sodium aluminum sulfate.
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
Only the shared rules above.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- 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
Propylparaben (E216)
- EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) Source
- California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
Bleached flour
Only the shared rules above.
Sodium aluminum sulfate (E521)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for cookies & biscuits
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 5.33 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 310 g (11 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb).One serving (1 cookie, 38 g, from the label):12% of a toddler's daily limit3% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 26.7 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 550 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb).One serving (1 cookie, 38 g, from the label):7% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.7 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.57, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.4, highest 24 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 48.3, highest 68 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 18.3, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cookies, sugar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 15.7, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.53, highest 1.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.43, highest 5.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.6, highest 7.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chocolate chip cookies: found in 6 of 20 samples, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Sandwich cookies w/ creme filling: found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.6, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Sugar cookies: found in 13 of 19 samples, average 3.07, highest 15.4 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)
SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [PRESERVATIVE], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), EGG, CONTAIN 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SPRINKLES (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTRIN, CARNAUBA WAX, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE), BAKING POWDER (CORN STARCH, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NON FAT DRY MILK, EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID), SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (PROPYLENE GLYCOL, CITRIC ACID), ARTIFICIAL COLOR (SUGAR, BLUE 1 ALUMINUM LAKE, SORBITOL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, METHYL PARABEN, PROPYL PARABEN, PHOSPHORIC, ACID), GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-10-26. Labels change; check the package.