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Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks · barcode 00077034018721

The American Trail Mix

Kar's · Kar Nut Products Company

  • 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 popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks 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.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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

Typical for popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks

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 Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20, average 0.56, highest 4 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)

HICKORY SMOKED PEANUTS (PEANUTS [PEANUTS, PEANUT AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], HICKORY SMOKED SEASONING [SALT, BROWN SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, TORULA YEAST, NATURAL FLAVOR, LIPOLYZED BUTTER OIL {MILK}, LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING]). MILK CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW FLAVORED TRUFFLES (MILK CHOCOLATE [SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, MILK, SOY LECITHIN {AN EMULSIFIER}, SEA SALT, VANILLA EXTRACT], SUGAR, PALM OIL, NONFAT MILK, MILK, SOYBEAN OIL, NATURAL FLAVORS, SOY LECITHIN {AN EMULSIFIER}, SALT). YOGURT FLAVORED RICE BALLS (YOGURT FLAVORED COATING [SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, WHEY POWDER, NONFAT YOGURT POWDER [CULTURED WHEY, NONFAT MILK], TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], SOY LECITHIN {AN EMULSIFIER}, LACTIC ACID, VANILLA], SWEETENED WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE [WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, RAISIN JUICE CONCENTRATE, HONEY, SALT], LESS THAN 1% OF SHELLAC, GUM ACACIA, CORN SYRUP).

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

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