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Frozen Vegetables · barcode 00047918030194

Poblano Pepper Strips With Cheese, Mexican

La Duena · Little Farm Frozen Foods Inc

  • 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 frozen vegetables show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). 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

Typical for frozen vegetables

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 Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 27 of 27, average 16.5, highest 84 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 26 of 27, average 2.49, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 5.07, highest 6.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 2 of 3, average 1.57, highest 3.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 14 of 20, average 10.7, highest 102 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Corn, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 20, all below 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 10 of 20, average 1.23, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 20, average 0.25, highest 3 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)

POBLANO PEPPER STRIPS, ONION, MILK, CREAM (CREAM, GUAR GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, PECTIN, CARRAGEENAN, CITRIC ACID, IODIZED SALT, FLAVORING), CHIHUAHUA STYLE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, RENNET), CORN HULL FIBER, IODIZED SALT, SEASONING (IODIZED SALT, POTATO STARCH, GLUCOSE, SUGAR, MONOSOIDIUM GLUTAMATE, ONION, WHEAT FLOUR, HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOY OIL, YEAST, PARSLEY).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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