Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt · barcode 00076840100354

Chunky Monkey Banana Ice Cream With Fudge Chunks & Walnuts, Chunky Monkey

Ben & Jerry's · Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

FDA recalls

• 2019-06-26 · Class II · Terminated Unilever is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of Ben & Jerry s Coconut Seven Layer Bar bulk and Ben & Jerry s Chunky Monkey pints, because product contains undeclared tree nuts, brazil nuts, hazelnuts and almonds that are not declared in the ingredient list or allergy information list. The affected Ben & Jerry s Coconut Seven Layer Bar bulk product is sold in a tub containing 2.4 gallons with a Consumer UPC of 076840104246 and best by date of SEP1520BJ4. The affected Ben & Jerry s Chunky Monkey pint is sold in a pint tub (473 mL) with a Consumer UPC of 076840100354 and best by dates of AUG2820BH2, AUG2920BH2, or AUG3020BH2.Unilever: Ben & Jerry s Chunky Monkey. The product is sold in a pint tub (473 mL). FDA record F-1476-2019

Typical for ice cream & frozen yogurt

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

• Perchlorate: typically 7 ppb (FDA, 19 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.2 kg (16 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  6% of a toddler's daily limit

  1% of a adult's daily limit
• Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

• Lead in Ice cream, chocolate: found in 18 of 27, average 3.96, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
• Lead in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Ice cream, chocolate: found in 27 of 27, average 7.27, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Ice cream, chocolate: found in 9 of 27, average 0.45, highest 2.3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Ice cream, chocolate: found in 4 of 27, average 0.49, highest 3.4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Perchlorate in Ice cream, regular, vanilla: found in 19 of 19, average 6.81, highest 12 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.

Same brand, tested

Different items from the same brand that a lab has tested. Not this exact product.

• Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Ice Cream
• Ben & Jerry's Phish Food Ice Cream

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)

CREAM, SKIM MILK, LIQUID SUGAR (SUGAR, WATER), WATER, SUGAR, WALNUTS, BANANA PUREE, COCONUT OIL, EGG YOLKS, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), COCOA POWDER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, GUAR GUM, NATURAL FLAVORS, MILKFAT, CARRAGEENAN, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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