Goetze's Crispy Rice & Marshmallow Treat, Caramel Creams
Goetze's Candy Co Inc. · Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00070622015058
What stands out
Bars show one serving: 1 bar, 37 g, from the label.
- Typical for this kind of food
FDA found about 90 ppb inorganic arsenic in crisped rice cereal like this (not a test of this product). Details
▲ 3.8× a toddler's daily limit● 82% of an adult's daily limit - From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils and Titanium dioxide, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; not approved in the EU. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; not approved in the EU. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes 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
- 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: 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 Partially hydrogenated oils, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
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
Titanium dioxide (E171)
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
Typical for cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes
Compared with FDA's crisped rice cereal: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 14 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 690 g (24 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).One serving (1 bar, 37 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 3 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 630 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 3 kg (6.6 lb).One serving (1 bar, 37 g, from the label):6% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 170 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Inorganic arsenic: typically 90.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 9.7 g (0.34 oz) a day; an adult at about 45 g (1.6 oz).One serving (1 bar, 37 g, from the label):▲ 3.8× a toddler's daily limit● 82% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
Total arsenic counts every form of arsenic, including less harmful ones; inorganic arsenic is the more harmful part of it, so its number is part of the total.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
- Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 3 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)
MARSHMALLOW (CORN SYRUP, GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE, SUGAR, WATER, GELATIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH), CRISP RICE (RICE, SUGAR, SALT, MALT (CORN FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY] REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B1], PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, FOLIC ACID AND BHT [PRESERVATIVE]), MARGARINE) PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONOGLYCERIDES, WHEY SOLIDS, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, BETA CAROTENE [COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), CARAMEL CREAMS (WHEAT FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED WHEY, SKIM MILK, CREAM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, CORN STARCH, AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS), WHITE DRIZZLE (SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNAL OIL, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN ADDED AS AN EMULSIFIER. MONOGLYCERIDES ARTIFICIAL COLOR [TITANIUM DIOXIDE], AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), ARTIFICIAL VANILLA FLAVOR, GLYCERIN, TBHQ (PRESERVATIVE).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.