Jell-o Grape Sugar Free Low Calorie Gelatin Mix, Grape
Kraft Heinz Foods Company · Gelatin, Gels, Pectins & Desserts · barcode 00043000085363
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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.
- Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of gelatin, gels, pectins & desserts show what's typical. See levels
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, Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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 Titanium dioxide, Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.
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
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
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
Only the shared rules above.
Aspartame (E951)
Only the shared rules above.
Acesulfame potassium (E950)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for gelatin, gels, pectins & desserts
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 2.15 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.1 kg (13 lb) a day; an adult at about 29 kg (64 lb).One serving (4.3 g, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.87, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.07, highest 3.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Gelatin dessert, any flavor: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.15, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.
"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)
GELATIN, FUMARIC ACID (FOR TARTNESS), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE (CONTROLS ACIDITY), MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ASPARTAME** (SWEETENER), GELLAN GUM, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENER), SALT, MICA AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE (GLIMMER COLOR), RED 40, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BLUE 1.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.