Croissants, Sweet Rolls, Muffins & Other Pastries · barcode 00072470001573

White Iced Honey Bun

Krispy Kreme · Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries 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.

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

Azodicarbonamide

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it in flour and dough. Source
EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) 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 croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries

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

Cadmium: typically 11.4 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6 kg (13 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
8% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 2.28 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.64 ppb (FDA, 59 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 10.6, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 3.3, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Muffin, blueberry: found in 12 of 27, average 1.8, highest 5.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20, average 5.2, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Doughnut, cake-type, any flavor: found in 14 of 19, average 6.08, highest 28.7 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20, average 1.47, highest 8 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)

HONEY BUN (WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED, (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID AND ENZYME), WATER, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL, FULLY AND/OR PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, AND/OR PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES AND POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS AND/OR BHT AND/OR TOCOPHEROL AND/OR CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, TOCOPHEROLS, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, HONEY, YEAST, EGG YOLKS, SOY FLOUR, SALT, DRIED MILK POWDER, CALCIUM SULFATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, ETHOXYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, MONOGLYCERIDES, LECITHIN, RICE FLOUR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ASCORBIC ACID, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, CORN STARCH, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, AZODICARBONAMIDE, SUNFLOWER OIL, ENZYME, AMMONIUM SULFATE); ICING (SUGAR, WATER, CALCIUM CARBONATE, AGAR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES), SUGAR, GROUND CINNAMON.

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

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