Pre-Packaged Fruit & Vegetables · barcode 00071279301044

Caesar Supreme Salad

Fresh Express · Fresh Express Incorporated

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
TypicalFDA's tests of pre-packaged fruit & vegetables show what's typical. See levels
Others11 other pre-packaged fruit & vegetables products have lab results. Compare them

FDA recalls

2020-12-02 · Class I · Terminated Fresh Express Kit Caesar Supreme bagged salad potentially contaminated with Escherichia coli STEC O26.Fresh Express Incorpated: FRESH EXPRESS KIT CAESAR SUPREME, Romaine Lettuce, Creamy Caesar Dressing, Italian Artisan Cheeses, Savory Garlic Croutons, Total Net WT. 10.5oz (298g) FDA record F-0138-2021

Typical for pre-packaged fruit & vegetables

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 18.5 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 700 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.3 kg (7.3 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
14% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 2.13 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 5 ppb (FDA, 80 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 890 g (31 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.2 kg (9.3 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
11% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.86, highest 13 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 83 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 61.1, highest 200 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.88, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 24 of 27, average 4.99, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 16 of 27, average 3.12, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 8 of 27, average 1.71, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Apple (red), raw (w/ peel): found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 18 of 20, average 6.68, highest 40 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Grapes (red/green), raw: found in 14 of 20, average 25.8, highest 90.6 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 17 of 20, average 14.7, highest 229 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)

VEGETABLES: ROMAINE LETTUCE, DRESSING: CANOLA OIL, WATER, ROMANO CHEESE (MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), EGG YOLK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, DRIED GARLIC, DIJON MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, WHITE WINE, CITRIC ACID, TURMERIC, TARTARIC ACID, SPICES), SUGAR, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, ANCHOVIES, MUSTARD FLOUR, SPICE, XANTHAN GUM, CHEESE: PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, POTATO STARCH (TO PREVENT CAKING), POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), ENZYMES, NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR), CROUTONS: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL, SUGAR, SEASONING BLEND (WHEY, GARLIC POWDER, SALT, ROMANO CHEESE MADE FROM COW'S MILK, [(PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID], PARSLEY, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SILICON DIOXIDE), SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: YEAST, DRIED YEAST, ENZYMES

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-07-13. Labels change; check the package.

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