Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches, Biscuits & Meals · barcode 00075900007367
Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuits
Bob Evans · Bob Evans Farms 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 frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-05-23). 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 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.
- Cadmium: typically 15.9 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 940 g (33 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.63 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 2.33 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 16 kg (35 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.42, highest 6.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 19.4, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 13.3, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 6.9, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Eggs, boiled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.09, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20, average 5.36, highest 34.6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 16 of 20, average 2.81, highest 6 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)
BISCUIT: BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BUTTERMILK (CULTURED LOW FAT MILK, NONFAT DRY MILK, WATER, WHEY SOLIDS, LACTIC ACID, FOOD STARCH, SALT, CARRAGEENAN, PECTIN), SHORTENING FLAKES (PALM OIL, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE, CITRIC ACID), BISCUIT CONCENTRATE (LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), CALCIUM SULFATE, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, GUAR GUM), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. SAUSAGE: PORK, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CARAMEL COLOR. EGG PATTY: WHOLE EGGS, WHEY, SKIM MILK, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: WATER, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE, ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, FLAVOR, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES), NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, WHITE PEPPER. PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE: CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SALT, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), APO CAROTENAL (COLOR).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.