HOT POCKETS HOT ONES FIERY HOT PEPPERONI 2-Count Frozen Sandwiches 9oz Box

Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. · Sandwiches/Filled Rolls/Wraps · barcode 00043695756159

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of sandwiches/filled rolls/wraps show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2024-08-15). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
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.
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), 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 all of them.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Bleached flour

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for sandwiches/filled rolls/wraps

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

Cadmium: typically 22.7 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 660 g (23 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.1 kg (6.8 lb).
One serving (127 g, from the label):
19% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 4.72 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27 samples, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Tortilla, flour: found in 3 of 27 samples, average 1, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.6, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Tortilla, flour: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 25.6, highest 31 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Tortilla, flour: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.13, highest 3.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.74, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Tortilla, flour: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 4.63, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20 samples, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 20.6, highest 56.4 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Tortilla, flour: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 7.22, highest 65 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)

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, 2% OR LESS OF SPICES, DEXTROSE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FLAVORING, DRIED GARLIC, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), TOMATO PASTE, MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVES], ANNATTO AND TURMERIC COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), 2% OR LESS OF HOT SAUCE (APOLLO PEPPER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, APOLLO PEPPER POWDER, APOLLO PEPPER DISTILLATE), PARMESAN, ASIAGO AND ROMANO CHEESE BLEND (CULTURED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL), SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES [WHEAT]), BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, SUGAR, SALT), YEAST, MALTODEXTRIN, SPICE, BUTTERMILK POWDER, DRIED GARLIC, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, TOMATO POWDER, DRIED ONION, SODIUM DIACETATE, WHITE VINEGAR, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVOR, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SALT, SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2024-08-15. Labels change; check the package.

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