Beer Nuts Original Bar Mix Peanuts, Insane Grain, Pretzels, Sesame Stix & More Snacks, Original Bar Mix

Beer Nuts, Inc. · Other Snacks · barcode 00070842062603

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which has 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.
Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of other snacks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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

Typical for other snacks

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 36.3 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 340 g (12 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.6 kg (3.5 lb).
One serving (1/3 cup, 30 g, from the label):
9% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chips, potato: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 130, highest 200 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 36.3, highest 42 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chips, potato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.33, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.73, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Potato chips: found in 11 of 20 samples, average 2.23, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 8 of 19 samples, average 1.62, highest 10 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)

BEER NUTS ORIGINAL PEANUTS [PEANUTS, COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP AND SALT], BBQ INSANE GRAIN [CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OR SAFFLOWER OIL), SALT, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (ONION, TOMATO, GARLIC), DEXTROSE, SPICES, PAPRIKA, FRUCTOSE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING SMOKE), TORULA YEAST, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR AND LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE TO PREVENT CAKING], HOT & SPICY SESAME STIX [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON (REDUCED IRON), THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, BULGUR WHEAT, PEPPER SAUCE SEASONING (TOMATO POWDER, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN FLOUR, ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, PEPPER SAUCE POWDER (AGED RED PEPPERS, VINEGAR, SALT), CITRIC ACID, JALAPENO PEPPER POWDER, CHILI PEPPER), SALT, BEET POWDER (COLOR), TURMERIC (COLOR)], PRETZEL NIBLETS [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, CORN SYRUP, YEAST], NACHO CORN STICKS [YELLOW CORN MASA, SOYBEAN OIL, NACHO SEASONING (DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, SALT, CULTURES, ENZYMES), SALT, RICE FLOUR, TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, WHEY, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 6 LAKE, SPICE, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR), DISODIUM INOSINATE & DISODIUM GUANYLATE)], HONEY MUSTARD SPUGGETS [ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, CANOLA, COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN), SALT, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, FRUCTOSE, CORN SYRUP, ONION POWDER, MUSTARD FLOUR, SALAD STYLE MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC), FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, HONEY, TURMERIC EXTRACTIVE, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, YEAST, NATURAL FLAVOR, VINEGAR SOLIDS]

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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