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Nabisco Oreo Sandwich Cookies Chocolate Creamsicle Ice Cream 1X15.250 Oz

Mondelez International · Biscuits/Cookies · barcode 00044000026912

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of biscuits/cookies 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.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 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.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for biscuits/cookies

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.57, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.4, highest 24 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 48.3, highest 68 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 18.3, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, sugar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 15.7, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.53, highest 1.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.43, highest 5.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.6, highest 7.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chocolate chip cookies: found in 6 of 20 samples, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sandwich cookies w/ creme filling: found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.6, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sugar cookies: found in 13 of 19 samples, average 3.07, highest 15.4 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)

SUGAR, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID), HIGH OLEIC CANOLA AND/OR PALM OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORNSTARCH, SALT, BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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