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Deli Salads · barcode 00070784032160

Macaroni Salad

Tops · Tops Markets, LLC

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of deli salads 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.

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

Typical for deli salads

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 Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cabbage, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 5.51, highest 14 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cabbage, raw: found in 2 of 27, average 0.38, highest 6.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Mayonnaise, regular, bottled: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.38, highest 2 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)

ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (SEMOLINA [WHEAT], NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID); MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE [FROM CONCENTRATE], OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [USED TO PROTECT QUALITY]); RELISH (CUCUMBERS, SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, SPICES, ALUM, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE, YELLOW 5, POLYSORBATE 80); WATER; RED PEPPERS (RED PEPPERS, WATER, CITRIC ACID); SUGAR; GREEN PEPPERS (GREEN PEPPERS, WATER, CITRIC ACID); MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR AND WATER, #1 MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA AND SPICES); ONION*; SALT; SOYBEAN OIL; EGGS; SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES); XANTHAN AND GUAR GUM (STANDARDIZED WITH DEXTROSE); SPICE; NISIN, NATURAL FLAVOR.

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

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