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Pre-Packaged Fruit & Vegetables · barcode 00077745298016

Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken Santa Fe Style

Ready Pac Foods · Ready Pac Produce, Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives4 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of pre-packaged fruit & vegetables show what's typical. See levels
  • Others11 other pre-packaged fruit & vegetables products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

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

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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
  • 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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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
  • 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

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 2 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E132. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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
  • 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 pre-packaged fruit & vegetables

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 Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.86, highest 13 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 83 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 61.1, highest 200 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.88, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 24 of 27, average 4.99, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 16 of 27, average 3.12, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 8 of 27, average 1.71, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Apple (red), raw (w/ peel): found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 18 of 20, average 6.68, highest 40 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Grapes (red/green), raw: found in 14 of 20, average 25.8, highest 90.6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 17 of 20, average 14.7, highest 229 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)

ROMAINE LETTUCE, WHITE MEAT CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SEASONING [MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM CITRATE], SEASONING [ONION AND GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN], SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT), SALSA RANCH DRESSING (SALSA [TOMATOES, ONIONS, CHILIES, GARLIC, SALT, CILANTRO, CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM], VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL], BUTTERMILK [CULTURED SKIM MILK, BUTTERFAT, SALT], SUGAR, WATER, WHITE WINE VINEGAR, SALT, EGG YOLKS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, JALAPENO PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, EXTRACTIVE OF RICE, XANTHAN GUM, SPICES [INCLUDING CUMIN AND MUSTARD], PHOSPHORIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, SODIUM BENZOATE [AS A PRESERVATIVE], POTASSIUM SORBATE [AS A PRESERVATIVE], DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [TO PROTECT FLAVOR]), CORN, BLACK BEANS, CHEESE BLEND (MONTEREY JACK AND QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], ASADERO AND CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR)], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]), TRI-COLOR TORTILLA STRIPS (CORN MASA FLOUR, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR CANOLA OIL, SEASONING [WHEY, SOUR CREAM SOLIDS {CREAM, NONFAT MILK CULTURES}, CHEDDAR CHEESE {MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES}, SEA SALT, MILK, CITRIC ACID, BUTTERMILK, SPICES, TOMATO POWDER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, PAPRIKA {COLOR}, ONION POWDER, CHILI PEPPER, SODIUM CASEINATE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, GARLIC POWDER, LACTOSE, LACTIC ACID, LIME JUICE SOLIDS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA {COLOR}, NATURAL FLAVORS], RED 40, BLUE 1, BLUE 2).

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

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