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Frozen Prepared Sides · barcode 00072180601568

Mashed Potatoes With Cheddar Cheese

Larry's · The Schwan Food Company

  • 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 frozen prepared sides 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.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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

Typical for frozen prepared sides

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 Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 9 of 27, average 2.32, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.56, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 5.07, highest 6.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 43, highest 66 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 57.9, highest 100 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 19 of 27, average 4.31, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 23 of 27, average 3.97, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 10 of 20, average 1.23, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato, baked (w/ peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato, french-fried, fast-food: found in 14 of 20, average 6.68, highest 19 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, POTATOES, DRIED WHEY, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, COTTONSEED, CORN, AND/OR CANOLA OIL), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CHEESE POWDER (MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CHEESE BLEND [WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, CHEDDAR AND BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BUTTER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID], SEA SALT, NONFAT DRY MILK, XANTHAN GUM, EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO, LACTIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, LIPOLYZED CREAM, VINEGAR), SALT, DRIED ONION, SPICE, ANNATTO (COLOR).

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

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