Crackers & Biscotti · barcode 00044000020323

Cheese Bits Cracker Sandwiches, Cheese

Ritz · Nabisco Biscuit Company

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
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: 4/12Z RBS CHEESE MULTI PK, 12 Oz Carton 4 cartons per case FDA record F-1777-2018

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), PALM OIL, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHEY (FROM MILK), SUGAR, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), LEAVENING (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, YEAST EXTRACT, SOY LECITHIN, CORNSTARCH, TURMERIC AND ANNATTO EXTRACTS (FOR COLOR).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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