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T.g.i. Friday's Bacon & Ranch Loaded Potato Bites Shredded Potatoes Stuffed With Applewood Bacon Bits, Ranch & Habanero Seasoning, With A Ranch Dip Packet, Bacon & Ranch

Kraft Heinz Foods Company · Frozen Prepared Sides · barcode 00046704820506

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen prepared sides 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.

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 frozen prepared sides

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.32, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.56, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.07, highest 6.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 43, highest 66 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 57.9, highest 100 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 19 of 27 samples, average 4.31, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 23 of 27 samples, average 3.97, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 10 of 20 samples, average 1.23, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato, baked (w/ peel): found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato, french-fried, fast-food: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 6.68, highest 19 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)

LOADED POTATO BITES (SHREDDED POTATOES [POTATOES, DEXTROSE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE], APPLEWOOD SMOKED BACON- SMOKE FLAVORING ADDED [BACON CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SMOKE FLAVOR], BACON RANCH HABARNERO FLAVOR [SALT, BUTTERMILK POWDER, METHYLCELLULOSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DRIED ONION, DRIED GARLIC, SPICES (INCLUDING HABANERO PEPPER), MALTODEXTRIN, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE, SMOKE FLAVOR, DRIED PARSLEY, GRILL FLAVOR (FROM VEGETABLE OIL), SUNFLOWER LECITHIN], SOYBEAN OIL, RANCH SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR, CULTURED LOWFAT BUTTERMILK [CULTURED LOWFAT MILK, NONFAT MILK, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE], HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, ENZYME MODIFIED EGG YOLKS [CONTAINS SALT], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CELLULOSE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (AS PRESERVATIVES), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, SPICES, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA).

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

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