Candy · barcode 00071720098783
Tootsie Roll
Midgees · Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.
- 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 candy show what's typical. See levels
- Others63 other candy products have lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
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
- 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: 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 candy
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Arsenic (total): typically 5.37 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 4.62 ppb (FDA, 39 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 10 kg (22 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 7.93, highest 8.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 2 of 3, average 2.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy, hard: found in 3 of 3, average 13, highest 15 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 19 of 20, average 8.92, highest 15 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Candy, hard, any flavor: found in 1 of 19, average 0.47, highest 9 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)
SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CONDENSED SKIM MILK, COCOA, WHEY. SOYA LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL FLAVORS.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.