Frozen Fish & Seafood · barcode 00041600013083

Crunchiest Fish Sticks, Crunchiest

High Liner · High Liner Foods (USA) Incorporated

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 frozen fish & seafood 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.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
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
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

Bleached flour

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 frozen fish & seafood

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

Mercury: typically 28.1 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 48 g (1.7 oz) a day; an adult at about 220 g (7.8 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
▲ 2.1× a toddler's daily limit
45% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 1,585 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 10 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 500 g (18 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.3 kg (5.1 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
20% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Cadmium: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Cod, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27, average 4.87, highest 28 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Tilapia, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Cod, baked: found in 16 of 27, average 2.19, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 18 of 27, average 5.69, highest 36 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Tilapia, baked: found in 1 of 27, average 0.06, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 83.4, highest 140 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 7.19, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 6.68, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 4,915, highest 10,900 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 358, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 117, highest 290 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Shrimp, boiled: found in 18 of 20, average 36, highest 147 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)

SEAFOOD BLEND {MINCED FISH BLEND [WHITING, POLLOCK, COD, SOLE, WATER, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE (TO RETAIN MOISTURE)], WATER, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SEASONING [SUGAR, SALT, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, CARAMEL COLOR, EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO AND TURMERIC (COLOR)], NATURAL FLAVORS}, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER), ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, ONION POWDER, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, VINEGAR, YEAST, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), CORN STARCH, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR.

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

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