Fish & Seafood · barcode 00074954000300

Red Kamaboko Steamed Fishcake

Fishcake · Ono Fish Cake Co. Inc.

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of fish & seafood show what's typical. See levels
Others4 other fish & seafood products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) 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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (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

Sodium lauryl sulfate

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it in limited uses. 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 fish & seafood

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

Mercury: typically 26.2 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 51 g (1.8 oz) a day; an adult at about 240 g (8.5 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
▲ 2× a toddler's daily limit
42% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 1,270 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 8 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 570 g (20 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.7 kg (6 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
18% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Cadmium: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Cod, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27, average 4.87, highest 28 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Tilapia, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Cod, baked: found in 16 of 27, average 2.19, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 13 of 27, average 1.6, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 18 of 27, average 5.69, highest 36 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Tilapia, baked: found in 1 of 27, average 0.06, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 83.4, highest 140 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 20.8, highest 46 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 7.19, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 6.68, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 4,915, highest 10,900 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 376, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 358, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 117, highest 290 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 4 of 20, average 0.88, highest 12.1 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Shrimp, boiled: found in 18 of 20, average 36, highest 147 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)

ALASKAN POLLOCK (FISH), WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, GLYCERINE, SORBITOL, SALT, DRIED EGG WHITES (EGG WHITES, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE), SWEET RICE WINE, CALCIUM LACTATE, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DEXTROSE, COLOR ADDED, FD&C RED #3.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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