Wegmans Semi-sweet Chocolate Nonpareils, Semi-sweet Chocolate
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. · Chocolate · barcode 00077890497876
What stands out
- Recall
1 FDA recall names this barcode (2025, closed): undeclared milk. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode (2025, closed). Details
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of chocolate show what's typical. See levels
- Others3 other chocolate products have lab results. Compare them
FDA recalls
- 2025-07-16 · Class II · Terminated Undeclared milkMellace Family Brands California Inc: Wegmans Semi-Sweet Chocolate Nonpareils, NET WT 18.5 OZ (1 LB 2.5 OZ) (524 g), packaged in a plastic tub and packed 12 per case, Distributed by: Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Rochester, NY 14603. Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cacao Fat, Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin (emulsifier), Glazing Agent (Carnauba Wax), Natural Flavor. Allergens: Contains Soy. May Contain: Milk, Peanuts, Sesame, Tree Nuts and Wheat. Recall H-0278-2025 details
Typical for chocolate
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 4.05 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 550 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).One serving (5 pieces, 34 g, from the label):6% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 18 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 840 g (30 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.9 kg (8.6 lb).One serving (5 pieces, 34 g, from the label):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.1 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 5.98 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.6 kg (19 lb).One serving (5 pieces, 34 g, from the label):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.93, highest 8.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 15.7, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 20, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.63, highest 7.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, and nuts: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 2.52, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 8.92, highest 15 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)
SEMI SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN [EMULSIFIER], VANILLA EXTRACT), NONPAREILS (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, CARNAUBA WAX).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.