Steak-umm Sizzlin' Starters Pork Breakfast Sandwich Steaks, Bacon
Quaker Maid Meats, Inc. · Other Frozen Meats · barcode 00072545080007
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of other frozen meats 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.
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 other frozen meats
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.03 ppb (FDA, 81 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 5.56, highest 21 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27 samples, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, broiled: found in 2 of 20 samples, average 0.4, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork chop, pan-cooked w/ oil: found in 10 of 20 samples, average 12.6, highest 73 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)
PORK, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, TORULA YEAST, HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, PORK FLAVOR (HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, SOY PROTEIN, WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED AND SOYBEAN OILS, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, LACTIC ACID), AUTOLYZED YEAST, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR (INCLUDING SMOKE), GARLIC, ONION, CARAMEL COLOR, WITH LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.