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Nabisco Newtons Cookies Whole Grain 1X12.000 Oz

Nabisco Newtons · Mondelez USA

  • 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 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.

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

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, FIGS, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, INVERT SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR PALM AND/OR PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL), SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, OAT FIBER, SALT, RESISTANT CORN MALTODEXTRIN, BAKING SODA, CALCIUM LACTATE, MALIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE (SULFITES) ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.

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

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