Pizza Mixes & Other Dry Dinners · barcode 00050100000691
Marie Callender's, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff
Marie Callender's · Conagra Brands, 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 pizza mixes & other dry dinners 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
Typical for pizza mixes & other dry dinners
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 19.1 ppb (FDA, 30 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 760 g (27 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.6 kg (7.9 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):13% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.33 ppb (FDA, 30 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3 kg (6.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 14 kg (31 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20, average 3.5, highest 5 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 PASTA (WHEAT FLOUR, GLYCEROL MONOSTEARATE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTODEXTRIN, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO & DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, CITRIC ACID), LESS THAN 2% OF: SOUR CREAM POWDER (SOUR CREAM [CREAM CULTURES, LACTIC ACID], NONFAT MILK, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, TBHQ [PRESERVATIVE], FLAVOR), SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SALT), BEEF TALLOW, MONOGLYCERIDES, SHORTENING POWDER (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE), ONION POWDER, SODIUM BICARBONATE, TOMATO POWDER, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING (CONTAINS SUGAR, SALT, POWDERED MUSHROOM, CORN STARCH, CHICKEN FAT), SOY SAUCE POWDER (SOY SAUCE [WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT], MALTODEXTRIN, SALT), XANTHAN GUM, BUTTER POWDER (WHEY SOLIDS, MODIFIED BUTTER OIL, DEHYDRATED BUTTER, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, GUAR GUM, ANNATTO AND TURMERIC [COLORS]), CARAMEL COLOR, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DRIED YEAST, LACTIC ACID, MOLASSES POWDER, SILICON DIOXIDE (TO PREVENT CAKING), SPICE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.