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Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed · barcode 00075391048535

Lobster Au Gratin

Sea Best · Beaver Street Fisheries 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 shellfish unprepared/unprocessed show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) 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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) 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

Typical for shellfish unprepared/unprocessed

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27, average 4.87, highest 28 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)
  • Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 7.19, highest 17 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)
  • 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)

AU GRATIN POTATOES (POTATOES, MILK, CHEESE, VEGETABLE FAT POWDER [CONTAINS: GLUCOSE, MILK PROTEIN, STABILIZER: PENTA-SODIUM TRI PHOSPHATE], BUTTER OIL, DEXTROSE, SALT, STABILIZER: METHYLCELLULOSE, NATURAL GARLIC FLAVOR, WHITE PEPPER) CREAMY LOBSTER SAUCE (WATER, HEAVY CREAM [CREAM AND LESS THAN 2% OF {MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CARRAGEENAN, POLYSORBATE 80, CELLULOSE GUM, GUAR GUM} ADDED AS EMULSIFIERS AND STABILIZERS], CREAM SOUP BASE [MODIFIED CORN STARCH, HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM CASEINATE, {MILK}, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, COOKED CHICKEN POWDER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, BUTTERMILK POWDER, SOYBEAN OIL, SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE {ANTI-CAKING AGENT}, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ONION POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR {MILK}, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, SOY LECITHIN, ANNATTO AND TURMERIC {FOR COLOR}, YELLOW 5, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 6}, SHRIMP BASE [COOKED SHRIMP AND NATURAL SHRIMP STOCK, SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTER {CREAM, LACTIC ACID}, CORN OIL, DEHYDRATED POTATOES, 2% OR LESS OF TOMATO PASTE, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, WHEAT STARCH, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, PAPRIKA, SHRIMP POWDER, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID], SEASONING, [CELERY SALT {SALT, CELERY SEED}, SPICES {INCLUDING RED PEPPER AND BLACK PEPPER}, AND PAPRIKA], DRIED PARSLEY), LOBSTER MEAT.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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