Nutresa Creamy Candy With Wafer, Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry

Nutresa, S.A. De C.V. · Crackers & Biscotti · barcode 00045735001045

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Red No. 3 (erythrosine) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; 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: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of crackers & biscotti show what's typical. See levels
Others1 other crackers & biscotti product has lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

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: 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.
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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).

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

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

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
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

Typical for crackers & biscotti

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

Lead: typically 1.13 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 790 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).
One serving (2 pieces, 38 g, from the label):
5% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of an adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 32.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 470 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).
One serving (2 pieces, 38 g, from the label):
8% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 3.53 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, graham: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.5, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, saltine: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, graham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 43.3, highest 49 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 28, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, saltine: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.5, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20 samples, average 10.2, highest 37 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, graham: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 1.34, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, saltine: found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.57, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

CREAMY CANDY: SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN VEGETABLE OIL, NONFAT MILK SOLIDS, NONFAT MILK, VEGETABLE FAT, MALTODEXTRIN, COCOA POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, TBHQ (ANTIOXIDANT) AND RED 3 (FOR USA AND CHILE: RED 40). WAFER: WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, GLUCOSE, TAPIOCA STARCH, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SOY LECITHIN, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN VEGETABLE OIL, SALT AND SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE.

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

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