Johnsonville Classic Italian Style Meatballs, Classic Italian Style
Johnsonville Sausage, L.L.C. · Frozen Bacon, Sausages & Ribs · barcode 00077782030419
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of frozen bacon, sausages & ribs show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
- 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. Applies to all of them.
- 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. Applies to all of them.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
- 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
Bleached flour
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for frozen bacon, sausages & ribs
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Perchlorate: typically 3.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 950 g (34 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).One serving (3 meatballs, 73 g, from the label):8% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an 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 Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 4 of 27 samples, average 0.63, highest 4.7 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 6 of 27 samples, average 1, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 14 of 27 samples, average 1.62, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.09, highest 1.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 5 of 27 samples, average 0.61, highest 3.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 13 of 20 samples, average 19, highest 139 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork sausage (link/patty), oven-cooked: found in 7 of 20 samples, average 3.15, highest 41 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)
PORK, WATER, BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, SUGAR, SALT) AND LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: DEHYDRATED TOMATO, SALT, ASIAGO CHEESE FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, CHEESE FLAVOR, SALT), DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICES, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, SUN DRIED TOMATO POWDER, OLEORESIN CAPSICUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, BHA, PROPYL GALLATE, CITRIC ACID.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.