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Winco Foods Orange Gelatin Dessert, Orange, Orange

Winco Foods, Inc. · Gelatin, Gels, Pectins & Desserts · barcode 00070552903104

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), 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.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of gelatin, gels, pectins & desserts 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.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole).
  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole).
  • 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.
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium.

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 in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

Only the shared rules above.

Aspartame (E951)

Only the shared rules above.

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for gelatin, gels, pectins & desserts

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 Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.87, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.07, highest 3.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Gelatin dessert, any flavor: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.15, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

GELATIN, MALTODEXTRIN, ADIPIC ACID (FOR TARTNESS), POTASSIUM CITRATE (CONTROLS ACIDITY), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SODIUM CITRATE (CONTROLS ACIDITY), ASPARTAME (SWEETENER), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENER), YELLOW 6, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING, SALT, DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE (PREVENTS FOAM), BHA (PRESERVATIVE).

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

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