Crackers & Biscotti · barcode 00044000006778

Cheese Cracker Sandwiches Bits, Cheese

Ritz · Nabisco Biscuit Company

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
Recalls2 FDA recalls name this barcode. Details
Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of crackers & biscotti show what's typical. See levels
Others1 other crackers & biscotti product has lab results. Compare them

FDA recalls

2018-08-08 · Class II · Terminated Mondelez Global received notification from a supplier, Associated Milk Producers, Inc. ( AMPI ), of a voluntary recall of Whey Powder Sweet Type as a precautionary measure due to the potential presence of Salmonella. The recalled whey powder is used as an ingredient in various Mondelez Global human food products.Mondelez Global Llc: RITZ BITS CHEESE BIG BAG 3Z 3 OZ, Pouch, 12 per case FDA record F-1776-2018
2018-08-08 · Class II · Terminated Mondelez Global received notification from a supplier, Associated Milk Producers, Inc. ( AMPI ), of a voluntary recall of Whey Powder Sweet Type as a precautionary measure due to the potential presence of Salmonella. The recalled whey powder is used as an ingredient in various Mondelez Global human food products.Mondelez Global Llc: RITZ BITS CHEESE BIG BAG 3 Oz, Pouch Retail: 12 per case Foodservice: 36 per case FDA record F-1774-2018

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-03-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Partially hydrogenated oils

US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) 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: 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 crackers & biscotti

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Lead: typically 1.13 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 790 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
13% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 32.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 470 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
21% of a toddler's daily limit
5% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 3.53 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, graham: found in 1 of 3, average 2.5, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, saltine: found in 1 of 3, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, graham: found in 3 of 3, average 43.3, highest 49 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 28, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, saltine: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 3.5, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20, average 10.2, highest 37 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, graham: found in 8 of 20, average 1.34, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, saltine: found in 5 of 20, average 0.57, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)

"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)

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR PALM AND/OR PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL), PALM OIL, SUGAR, WHEY, SUNFLOWER OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE (STABILIZER), SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, COLOR (TURMERIC EXTRACT AND ANNATTO EXTRACT), DRIED YEAST, BUTTERMILK, LACTIC ACID, VINEGAR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-03-16. Labels change; check the package.

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