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Deli Salads · barcode 00077541006051

Tuna Salad

Star's · Star Food Products 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 deli salads show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). 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

Typical for deli salads

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 Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cabbage, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 5.51, highest 14 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cabbage, raw: found in 2 of 27, average 0.38, highest 6.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Mayonnaise, regular, bottled: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.38, highest 2 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)

TUNA (TUNA, WATER, VEGETABLE BROTH, SALT), MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, EGG YOLKS, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA), SALAD DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, EGG YOLKS, SALT, <0.1% SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE)), CELERY, PICKLE RELISH (CUCUMBERS, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ALUM, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, POLYSORBATE 80, MALTOL), EGGS, BREAD CRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, DEXTROSE, SALT), SUGAR, BLACK PEPPER, ONION SALT (SALT, GRANULATED ONION, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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