Herdez Cocina Mexicana Carne Asada Bowl

Herdez S.A. · Frozen Dinners & Entrees · barcode 00072878261524

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 frozen dinners & entrees 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

Typical for frozen dinners & entrees

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

Cadmium: typically 7.87 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.7 kg (19 lb).
One serving (1 bowl, 255 g, from the label):
14% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of an adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 2.67 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4 kg (8.8 lb) a day; an adult at about 19 kg (42 lb).
One serving (1 bowl, 255 g, from the label):
6% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 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)

SPANISH RICE: COOKED RICE (WATER, RICE), WATER, TOMATOES (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), TOMATO PASTE, CORN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: GREEN BELL PEPPERS, RED BELL PEPPERS, CELERY, GREEN PEAS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CHICKEN BROTH FLAVOR MIX (HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, SOY PROTEIN AND WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DRIED CHICKEN MEAT, TORULA YEAST, SOY FLOUR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN & COTTONSEED OIL), FLAVORINGS INCLUDING PAPRIKA, VINEGAR, CILANTRO FLAVOR (DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, EXTRACTIVES OF CILANTRO), SOYBEAN OIL, DEHYDRATED ONION, CILANTRO, YEAST EXTRACT, SALT. STEAK: GRILLED SEASONED BEEF AND BINDER STEAK STRIPS (BEEF, WATER, BEEF SEASONING [SALT, DEXTROSE, HYDROLYZED CORN, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, SOY PROTEIN, BEEF STOCK, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, BEEF FAT, ONION POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICES, DISODIUM INOSINATE & DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SPICE EXTRACTIVE], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE AND VINEGAR, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR). SALSA: TOMATOES (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), WATER, GREEN CHILES, ONIONS, JALAPENOS (JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, ACETIC ACID, WATER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CILANTRO, FLAVORINGS, CILANTRO FLAVOR (DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, EXTRACTIVES OF CILANTRO), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, VINEGAR, SALT.

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

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