Canned & Bottled Beans · barcode 00074175745134
Original Refried Beans, Original
Stater Bros. · Stater Bros. Markets Inc.
- 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 canned & bottled beans show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-04-01). 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
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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 canned & bottled beans
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 0.85 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 8 kg (18 lb) a day; an adult at about 37 kg (82 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a 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 Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 5.5, highest 14 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1.97, highest 2.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beans, black, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beans, kidney, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beans, white, canned, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
"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)
COOKED BEANS, WATER, LESS THAN 2% OF: PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED LARD WITH BHA AND BHT TO PROTECT FLAVOR, SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR, ONION POWDER, CHILI PEPPER, SPICE, GARLIC POWDER.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-04-01. Labels change; check the package.