Canned Meat · barcode 00054100375704
Barbecue Flavored Potted Meat, Barbecue
Armour Star · Pinnacle Foods Group LLC
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of canned meat show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). 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
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
- 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: 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
- 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 canned meat
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 3.43 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.8 kg (8.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 18 kg (40 lb).One serving (1 teaspoon):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.23 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 11.3 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 230 g (8.1 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):43% of a toddler's daily limit9% 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 Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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)
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, PARTIALLY DEFATTED PORK FATTY TISSUE (TOCOPHEROL, NATURAL FLAVOR AND CITRIC ACID), WATER, SALT, MUSTARD. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CARAMEL COLOR, BABECUE FLAVOR (COTTONSEED OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, ACETIC ACID, FLAVORS, AND SMOKE FLAVOR), VINEGAR, DEXTROSE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, RED 40 (COLOR), SODIUM NITRATE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.