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Steak 'N Shake Frisco Melts, Swiss & American Cheese With Frisco Sauce On Sourdough

AdvancePierre Foods Inc. · Frozen Appetizers & Hors D'oeuvres · barcode 00071421100037

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. 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; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). 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 all of them.

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

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
  • 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 frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres

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 Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.16, highest 4.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.7, highest 8.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 4 of 27 samples, average 0.56, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 13 of 20 samples, average 3.42, highest 12.5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

FULLY COOKED CHOPPED BEEF STEAKS: BEEF, ENCAPSULATED SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, BEEF FLAVOR (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, BEEF FAT, NATURAL FLAVOR), SEASONING (SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, DEHYDRATED ONION, SUGAR, PAPRIKA, TURMERIC, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVOR). SOUR DOUGH BREAD: ENRICHED UNBLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2 % OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, VINEGAR, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ENZYMES), CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE). BUTTERED WITH BUTTER FLAVORED OIL: SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL WITH SALT, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID ADDED AS PRESERVATIVES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE ADDED AS AN ANTIFOAMING AGENT. FRISCO SAUCE: FRENCH DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: TOMATO PASTE, PAPRIKA, SPICE, XANTHAN GUM, EGG YOLK, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, DRIED ONION, YELLOW 6, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [TO PROTECT FLAVOR]), WATER, SALAD DRESSING (WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, EGG YOLK, CORN SYRUP, SALT, PAPRIKA), SUGAR, TOMATO PASTE, TOMATO KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE MADE FROM RED RIPE TOMATOES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SALT, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORING), WHEY, SWEET PICKLE RELISH (CUCUMBERS, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, CANE SUGAR, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVORING, ALUM, POLYSORBATE 80), MAYONNAISE SPREAD MIX (WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED ONION, VINEGAR, DEXTROSE, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SPICE, AND NO MORE THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), GELATIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, VINEGAR, SALT, SPICE. PROCESS AMERICAN YELLOW CHEESE PRODUCT: CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, WHEY, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), LACTIC ACID, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN (NON STICKING AGENT). PROCESS AMERICAN SWISS CHEESE PRODUCT: CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, WHEY, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), LACTIC ACID, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN (NON STICKING AGENT).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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