North Star Krispy Krunch Vanilla Ice Cream Bars With Real Milk Chocolate And Crisped Rice, Krispy Krunch
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. · Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt · barcode 00072730620438
What stands out
Bars show one serving: 1 bar, 54 g, from the label.
- Typical for this kind of food
FDA found about 90 ppb inorganic arsenic in crisped rice cereal like this (not a test of this product). Details
▲ 5.6× a toddler's daily limit▲ 1.2× an adult's daily limit - 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 ice cream & frozen yogurt show what's typical. See levels
- Others3 other ice cream & frozen yogurt products have lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). 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 ice cream & frozen yogurt
Compared with FDA's crisped rice cereal: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 14 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 690 g (24 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).One serving (1 bar, 54 g, from the label):8% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 3 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 630 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 3 kg (6.6 lb).One serving (1 bar, 54 g, from the label):9% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 170 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Inorganic arsenic: typically 90.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 9.7 g (0.34 oz) a day; an adult at about 45 g (1.6 oz).One serving (1 bar, 54 g, from the label):▲ 5.6× a toddler's daily limit▲ 1.2× an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
Total arsenic counts every form of arsenic, including less harmful ones; inorganic arsenic is the more harmful part of it, so its number is part of the total.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
- Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 3 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)
MILK, CREAM, SKIM MILK SOLIDS, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVOR, STABILIZER (MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CELLULOSE GUM AND CARRAGEENAN), VEGETABLE ANNATTO COLOR. CRISP RICE: RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED AND SOYBEAN OILS. CHOCOLATE COATING: COCONUT OIL, SUGAR, MILK, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.