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Sausages, Hotdogs & Brats · barcode 00044500313413

Turkey Polska Kielbasa, Turkey

Hillshire Farm · The Hillshire Brands Company

  • 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 sausages, hotdogs & brats show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-09-14). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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

Typical for sausages, hotdogs & brats

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 Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 7 of 22, average 1.67, highest 7.1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 6 of 27, average 1, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 20 of 22, average 2.85, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 2 of 27, average 0.09, highest 1.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 0 of 22, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 2 of 22, average 0.33, highest 4.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Frankfurter (beef/pork), boiled: found in 18 of 20, average 11, highest 36 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pork sausage (link/patty), oven-cooked: found in 7 of 20, average 3.15, highest 41 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)

TURKEY POLSKA FAT HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 18G TO 4.5G PER SERVING. TURKEY, WATER, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED TURKEY, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, SALT, FLAVORINGS (MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH), ISOLATED SOY PRODUCT, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE MADE WITH BEEF COLLAGEN CASING.,TURKEY PEPPER JACK FAT HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 18G TO 6G PER SERVING. TURKEY, WATER, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED TURKEY, PASTEURIZED PROCESS PEPPER JACK CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, WATER, CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SKIM MILK, GREEN AND RED JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, SODIUM ALGINATE, LACTIC ACID, SORBIC ACID [A PRESERVATIVE TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], ENZYMES, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND NATAMYCIN [PRESERVATIVES]), CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEXTROSE SALT. FLAVORINGS (MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH), ISOLATED SOY PRODUCT, ISOLATED SOY PROTERY SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YEAST EXTRACT, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MADE WITH BEEF COLLAGEN CASING.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-09-14. Labels change; check the package.

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