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Kraft Heinz Foods Company · Pastry Shells & Fillings · barcode 00043000205549

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of pastry shells & fillings show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-11-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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).
  • 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 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Aspartame (E951)

Only the shared rules above.

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for pastry shells & fillings

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 10.5, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.73, highest 8.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Apple pie, fresh/frozen: found in 2 of 20 samples, average 0.1, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pumpkin pie, fresh/frozen: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 5.8, highest 15 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)

MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, CALCIUM SULFATE, XANTHAN GUM, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, ASPARTAME+ AND ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENERS), TETRAPOTASSIUM PYROPHOSPHAT, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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