Pickles, Olives, Peppers & Relishes · barcode 00071279407104

Tuscan Salad Kit

Fresh Express · Fresh Express Incorporated

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 pickles, olives, peppers & relishes 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.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
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

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
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 pickles, olives, peppers & relishes

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 0.55 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 27 kg (60 lb) a day; an adult at more than 100 kg.
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 1.03 ppb (FDA, 39 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 23 kg (51 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 2 of 3, average 4.6, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 3 of 3, average 1.13, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Olives, black, pitted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Black olives: found in 4 of 19, average 0.95, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Dill cucumber pickles: found in 17 of 20, average 3.19, highest 13 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)

SALAD: ROMAINE LETTUCE, RED CABBAGE, DRESSING: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, DRIED GARLIC PARMESAN CHEESE (PART SKIM MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), DRIED ONION, DRIED BELL PEPPER, CELLULOSE GEL, XANTHAN GUM, SPICE POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN GUM, PEPITAS: PUMPKIN SEEDS, SOYBEAN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL, SALT, SALAMI: PORK, BEEF, SALT, DEXTROSE, SPICES, WINE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FLAVORING, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID, CHEESE: ROMANO TYPE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES), PARMESAN TYPE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES), MEDIUM ASIAGO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES), POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).

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

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