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Pasta Dinners · barcode 00078716268809

Instant Pasta Alfredo

Augason Farms · Blue Chip Group 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 pasta dinners 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

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 pasta dinners

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 2 of 3, average 3.63, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 22.3, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 27.7, highest 32 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 20, average 0.45, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 20, all below 1 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)

CREAMER (MALTODEXTRIN, PALM OIL), INSTANT WHEAT NOODLES (DURUM SEMOLINA FLOUR [WHEAT], NIACIN, IRON [FERROUS SULFATE], THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES], BUTTERMILK, WHEY, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SWEET WHEY, NATURAL ROAST ONION FLAVOR (ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR [CONTAINS WHEAT, SOYBEANS], DEFATTED WHEAT GERM, SUGAR, REFINERY SYRUP POWDER, BROWN SUGAR, MOLASSES POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CARAMEL COLOR), NATURAL SAUTEED MUSHROOM FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR [CONTAINS MILK, WHEAT, SOYBEANS], MUSHROOM POWDER, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, ONION POWDER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH), SOUR CREAM POWDER (CULTURED CREAM [CREAM, NONFAT DRY MILK, CULTURE, ENZYMES], SALT, LACTIC ACID, BHT), SEA SALT, PARSLEY, GARLIC POWDER, CHICKEN SOUP BASE (CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, CORN STARCH, HYDROLYZED CORN, SOY PROTEIN, RENDERED CHICKEN FAT, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SPICES, TURMERIC, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, SILICON DIOXIDE), XANTHAN GUM.

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

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