Handel's Bakery Cookies N Cream Gooey, Cookies N Cream

Haydel's Enterprises Inc · Cookies & Biscuits · barcode 00047261000158

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of cookies & biscuits show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-12-07). 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.

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
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
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

Bleached flour

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source

Typical for cookies & biscuits

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

Lead: typically 5.33 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 310 g (11 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb).
One serving (1 package, 142 g, from the label):
45% of a toddler's daily limit
11% of an adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 26.7 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 550 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb).
One serving (1 package, 142 g, from the label):
26% of a toddler's daily limit
6% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 3.7 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.57, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.4, highest 24 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 48.3, highest 68 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 18.3, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cookies, sugar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 15.7, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.53, highest 1.6 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.43, highest 5.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.6, highest 7.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Chocolate chip cookies: found in 6 of 20 samples, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Sandwich cookies w/ creme filling: found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.6, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Sugar cookies: found in 13 of 19 samples, average 3.07, highest 15.4 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)

SUGAR, BROWNIE MIX (SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR BLEACHED [FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], PALM OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, CORNSTARCH, EGG WHITES, LEAVENING [BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE], NONFAT MILK, RED 40, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, SULFITES), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK & CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), OREO BITS (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVON, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, PALM AND/OR CANOLA OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING [BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE], SALT, SOY LECITHIN, CHOCOLATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), EGGS, WATER, MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), BUTTER BLEND MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL PALM OIL, WATER, BUTTER [COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATATE), BUTTER BLEND MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, WATER, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], SALT, NONFAT DRY MILK SOLIDS, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR]) CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CORNSTARCH, VANILLIN (AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), PRESERVATIVE (PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SODIUM BENZOATE, METHYL HYDROXYBENZOATE, PROPYL. HYDROXYBENZOATE, CITRIC ACID).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-07. Labels change; check the package.

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