Mrs Budd's Meat Pastries, Pepperoni & Cheese
Budd Foods Inc · Croissants, Sweet Rolls, Muffins & Other Pastries · barcode 00078185071009
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and Partially hydrogenated oils, which are banned or not approved in West Virginia from 2028-01-01 and US (FDA). Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries 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.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- 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
- 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
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
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 11.4 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6 kg (13 lb).One serving (1 piece, 128 g, from the label):10% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.28 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 10.6, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 3.3, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Muffin, blueberry: found in 12 of 27, average 1.8, highest 5.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20, average 5.2, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Doughnut, cake-type, any flavor: found in 14 of 19, average 6.08, highest 28.7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20, average 1.47, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.
"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)
WHEAT FLOUR, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT AND ENZYMES), PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS WATER, DEXTROSE, NATURAL FLAVORING, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SODIUM ASCORBATE, GARLIC POWDER, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE, CITRIC ACID, BHA, BHT) TOMATO SAUCE (TOMATO PUREE [WATER, TOMATO PASTE], DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUICE, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL [CORN, COTTONSEED AND/OR CANOLA], SALT, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, SPICE, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORINGS), WATER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE SHORTENING (CONTAINING SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL), SOUR CREAM (CULTURED PASTEURIZED LIGHT CREAM, NONFAT MILK AND ENZYMES), EGGS, POWDERED SUGAR, SALT, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.