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Ambrosia Dessert

Lakeview Farms · Lakeview Farms, LLC

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of other deli show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). 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

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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
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 other deli

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 0.583 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 13 kg (29 lb) a day; an adult at about 59 kg (130 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 16 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 160 g (5.6 oz) a day; an adult at about 740 g (26 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
● 63% of a toddler's daily limit
14% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Salami, dry/hard: found in 1 of 27, average 0.18, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Salami, dry/hard: found in 10 of 27, average 0.54, highest 2.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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)

PINEAPPLE, WATER, MANDARIN ORANGES, SKIM MILK, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MARASCHINO CHERRIES, CORN SYRUP, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED (CORN), COCONUT, GELATIN, LACTIC & CITRIC ACID, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, POTASSIUM SORBATE & SODIUM BENZOATE TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS, GUAR GUM, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, SALT, OIL OF BITTER ALMOND, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, RED 3.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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