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Totino's Cheddar Blasted Pepperoni Rolls

General Mills, Inc. · Pizza · barcode 00042800473561

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. 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 allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of pizza show what's typical. See levels
  • Others3 other pizza products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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.
  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • 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 BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • 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 BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).

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

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for pizza

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 Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)

"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)

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), WATER, IMITATION MOZZARELLA CHEESE (WATER, PALM OIL, RENNET CASEIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SOYBEAN OIL, POTATO STARCH, CELLULOSE POWDER, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM CITRATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [ARTIFICIAL COLOR], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ZINC OXIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN, VITAMIN B12), PEPPERONI PIZZA TOPPING (PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK, CHICKEN AND BEEF [PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, BEEF, SALT, SPICE, DEXTROSE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, SODIUM ASCORBATE, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, BHA AND BHT AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR], WATER, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE), PIZZA TOPPING WITH PEPPERONI SEASONING (PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, BEEF, SALT, SPICE, DEXTROSE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, SODIUM ASCORBATE, GARLIC POWDER, FLAVORING, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM NITRITE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, BHA AND BHT AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR), CANOLA OIL. CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, REHYDRATED PASTEURIZED PROCESS NONFAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (WATER, NONFAT MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, CITRIC ACID, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN B6, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, SUGAR, DRIED ONION, MODIFIED WHEY, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, SPICES, WHEY, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, CITRIC ACID, DRIED CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), NATURAL FLAVOR (INCLUDING HICKORY SMOKE), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, REHYDRATED ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE (WATER, MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DRIED BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), METHYLCELLULOSE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW 5 LAKE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, LACTOSE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, TBHQ (PRESERVATIVE).

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

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