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Frozen Appetizers & Hors D'oeuvres · barcode 00070552303102

Macaroni & Cheese Bites

Winco Foods · Winco Foods, Inc.

  • 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 frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-09-14). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 appetizers & hors d'oeuvres

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.16, highest 4.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 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 Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 5.7, highest 8.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 12, 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 Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 4 of 27, average 0.56, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 757, highest 810 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 Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 13 of 20, average 3.42, highest 12.5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20, average 6.03, highest 51 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)

MACARONI (WATER, ENRICHED SEMOLINA [DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]), WHEAT FLOUR, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, MILKFAT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), DEHYDRATED POTATOES (POTATOES, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE AND CITRIC ACID [TO PRESERVE NATURAL COLOR]), ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, AGED CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR], SOYBEAN OIL, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SPICE, YEAST EXTRACT, ANNATTO COLOR), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM CITRATE, ACETIC ACID, MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVORS, BUTTER OIL, LACTIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO COLOR), ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BUTTERMILK POWDER, CELLULOSE GUM, CHEESE POWDER (WHEY, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, GRANULAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE [CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SORBIC ACID (AS A PRESERVATIVE), ENZYMES], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, LACTIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE MIX (DEHYDRATED BLEND OF CHEESE [SEMISOFT AND CHEDDAR CHEESES (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES)], FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, WHEY, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, BUTTER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), CITRIC ACID, DEXTROSE, DRIED ONION, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, ANNATTO, AND TURMERIC (COLOR), FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, LACTIC ACID, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR], BUTTERMILK, WHEY, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], CULTURED WHEY, SALT, CREAM), NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, SPICE, SUGAR, TURMERIC OLEORESIN (COLOR), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, YEAST, YELLOW 5, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, YELLOW 6.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-09-14. Labels change; check the package.

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