Spoon Scout

Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00045084223174

Danish, Butterscotch, Caramel & Nut

J. Skinner · James Skinner Baking Company

  • 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 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). 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

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 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

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 Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20, average 1.88, highest 9 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)

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), MARGARINE [PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE AND CITRIC ACID (PRESERVATIVES), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED], BUTTERSCOTCH FILLING (WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, BROWN SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CARAGEENAN, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CARAMEL COLOR, BENZOIC ACID, AND SORBIC ACID.), WATER, WHOLE EGGS, POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH), NEUFCHATEL CHEEZ BLEND [MILK, NEUFCHATEL CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), SKIM MILK, PALM OIL, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR)], HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, HYDRATED MONOGLYCERIDE [WATER AND MONOGLYCERIDES WITH PROPIONIC ACID AND PHOSPHORIC ACID (ADDED AS PRESERVATIVES)]. CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: WALNUTS, CARAMEL SAUCE [CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, SKIM MILK, PALM OIL, BUTTER, CORNSTARCH, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), SOY LECITHIN, CARAMEL COLOR, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVOR], CORN SYRUP, YEAST, SALT, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SHORTENING [PALM OIL WITH SOYA LECITHIN], TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, ARTIFICIAL CARAMEL COLOR, LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE [WATER, CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR [WATER, ETHYL ALCOHOL, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR], CASEIN (MILK), NON-FAT MILK AND WHEY SOLIDS, LACTIC ACID POWDER, CALCIUM LACTATE, DEXTROSE, AGAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (SOYBEAN OIL WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID), LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE), XANTHAN GUM, SALT, ASCORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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