Puddings & Custards · barcode 00043000967263
Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Cookies 'N Creme
Oreo · Kraft Heinz Foods Company
- 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 puddings & custards 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.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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 puddings & custards
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 4.3 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.1 kg (6.8 lb) a day; an adult at about 14 kg (31 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a 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 Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 3 of 3, average 4.87, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3, average 1.07, highest 3.2 ppb (2018-2020)
"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)
SUGAR, COOKIES (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, PALM AND/OR CANOLA OIL, COCOA [PROCESSED WITH ALKALI], HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING [BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE], SALT, SOY LECITHIN, CHOCOLATE, CORNSTARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE AND TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE (FOR THICKENING), ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SALT, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES (PREVENT FOAMING), BHA (PRESERVES FRESHNESS).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.