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Hy-vee Whole Wheat Bagels Sandwichs, Turkey Sausage, Egg White And Cheese

Hy-Vee, Inc. · Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches, Biscuits & Meals · barcode 00075450132854

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Potassium bromate, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; California ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; California ban from 2027. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). 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.
  • 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: 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.

Potassium bromate

  • 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
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) 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

Bromated flour

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.42, highest 6.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27 samples, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 19.4, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.3, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.04, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Eggs, hard-boiled: 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)
  • Mercury in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 6.9, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27 samples, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Eggs, boiled: found in 13 of 20 samples, average 1.09, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 5.36, highest 34.6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 16 of 20 samples, average 2.81, highest 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 BAGEL (WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED BROMATED WHEAT FLOUR [NIACIN {A B VITAMIN}, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B-1}, FERROUS SULFATE [{IRON}, POTASSIUM BROMATE, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B-2), FOLIC ACID], WATER, BROWN SUGAR, GRANULATED SUGAR. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS: YEAST, SEA SALT, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, HONEY POWDER [HONEY, MALTODEXTRIN], SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROLYZED WHEAT GLUTEN, CORN MEAL, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, MOLASSES POWDER, [MOLASSES, WHEAT STARCH], ASCORBIC ACID [VITAMIN C], L-CYSTEINE, CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES); TURKEY SAUSAGE (TURKEY, DEXTROSE, SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SPICES, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED ONION, GROUND CELERY SEED); EGG WHITE PATTY (EGG WHITES, WATER. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM); PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, WATER, CREAM, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE], LACTIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN).

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

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