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Chili & Stew · barcode 00071846999568

4-Cheese Mac & Cheese Pasta In Cheese Sauce, 4-Cheese Mac & Cheese

Vietti · Vietti Foods Company, 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 chili & stew show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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 chili & stew

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3, average 10.3, highest 20 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 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)

WATER, ELBOW MACARONI (SEMOLINA FLOUR, EGG WHITE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE (MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, SALT, COCONUT OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, BLEU CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CASEINATE, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NATURAL FLAVORS [WITH ANNATTO, TURMERIC, MILK], YELLOW 5 & 6, RED LAKE 40), CORNSTARCH, MONTEREY JACK POWDER (MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CULTURES AND ENZYMES], DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, SALT), ASIAGO CHEESE POWDER (ASIAGO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE), CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND (CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES), WHEY, BUTTERMILK, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE AND ANNATTO EXTRACT), ONION, MILK SOLIDS, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, WHEY SOLIDS, WHITE CHEDDAR FLAVOR (WHEY SOLIDS, NATURAL CHEESE FLAVOR, SALT), SPICES, BETATINE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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