Spoon Scout

Blueberry Made With Whole Grains Larger Bakery Style Bagels, Blueberry

Hy-Vee, Inc. · Breads & Buns · barcode 00075450108873

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Green No. 3 (Fast Green) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of breads & buns show what's typical. See levels
  • Others3 other breads & buns products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2020-06-26). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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

Green No. 3 (Fast Green) (E143)

  • EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for breads & buns

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 Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27 samples, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.28, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 20 of 27 samples, average 3.88, highest 7.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27 samples, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.6, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 27.4, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 29.9, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.74, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 26 of 27 samples, average 5.06, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 10.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27 samples, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bread, white, enriched: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 2.55, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Bread, whole wheat: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 2.7, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 5.36, highest 34.6 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (B1), RIBOFLAVIN (B2), FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, GLUTEN, BLUEBERRIES, YEAST, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, AND SORBIC ACID (TO RETARD SPOILAGE), YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORN STARCH, FRUCTOSE, CANOLA OIL, DEXTROSE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, WHEAT FLOUR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CELLULOSE GUM, BLUE 2, ASCORBIC ACID ADDED AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER, DEXTROSE, RED 40, ENZYMES, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, GREEN 3, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, BLUE 1, L-CYSTEINE, HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-06-26. Labels change; check the package.

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