Pillsbury Vanilla Flavored Filled Pastry Bag Frosting, Vanilla
The J.M. Smucker Company · Baking Decorations & Dessert Toppings · barcode 00051500080160
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have 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.
- Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA has no comparable food in its tests.
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-12-30). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
- 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. 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 all of them.
- 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 all of them.
- 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: 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 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.
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
Only the shared rules above.
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
Only the shared rules above.
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
Typical for baking decorations & dessert toppings
FDA's Total Diet Study has no food close enough to this one to give a fair typical level.
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)
FROSTING: SUGAR, PALM OIL, WATER, CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, CANOLA OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL COLOR INCLUDING YELLOW 5 AND RED 40, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, ANTIOXIDANTS (ASCORBYL PALMITATE, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS, CHAMOMILE AND ROSEMARY EXTRACTS). CANDY BITS: SUGAR, CORN STARCH, RICE FLOUR. VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND PALM KERNEL), COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, DEXTRIN, GUM ARABIC, SOY LECITHIN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, CELLULOSE GUM, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6 LAKE, CARRAGEENAN, RED 40, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 5, CARNAUBA WAX.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-12-30. Labels change; check the package.