Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed · barcode 00075391888117

T/p 3 Oz Deviled Crabs

Sea Best · Beaver Street Fisheries 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 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.

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

Bleached flour

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 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.

Lead: typically 4.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 450 g (16 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.8 kg (4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
22% of a toddler's daily limit
6% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 3.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: typically 5.7 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 210 g (7.4 oz) a day; an adult at about 970 g (34 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
48% of a toddler's daily limit
10% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 240 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 16 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 290 g (10 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.4 kg (3.1 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
34% of a toddler's daily limit
7% of a adult's daily limit

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)

CLAW CRABMEAT, IMITATION CRABMEAT (THREADFIN BREAM SURIMI, WHEAT STARCH, POTATO STARCH, SALT, SUGAR, CRAB FLAVOR, CRAB EXTRACT, SORBITOL, SOY PROTEIN, SOYBEAN OIL, COCHINEAL COLOR E-120, PAPRIKA COLOR E-160C), CELERY, ONIONS, BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF YEAST, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED], SALT), SALAD DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED AND CIDER VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, EGG YOLKS, SALT, CORN SYRUP, SPICE, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR), BELL PEPPERS, LIQUID MARGARINE (LIQUID SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVES], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, COLORED WITH BETA CAROTENE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), SEAFOOD SEASONING (HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN, MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, SPICE EXTRACTS AND MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, SILICA GEL AS AN ANTICAKING AGENT), KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE FROM RED RIPE TOMATOES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SALT, SPICE, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORING), CORN STARCH, PAPRIKA (MAXIMUM 2% SILICON DIOXIDE [ANTICAKING AGENT], MAXIMUM 100 PPM ETHOXYQUIN [ANTIOXIDANT]).

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

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