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Great Value Steamable With Corn In Butter Sauce, Butter Sauce

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Frozen Vegetables · barcode 00078742016917

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen vegetables 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.

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

Typical for frozen vegetables

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 Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 16.5, highest 84 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 26 of 27 samples, average 2.49, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.07, highest 6.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.57, highest 3.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 10.7, highest 102 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Corn, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 20 samples, all below 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 10 of 20 samples, average 1.23, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.25, highest 3 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)

CORN, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR), BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), BUTTER OIL, ENZYME MODIFIED BUTTER, UNSALTED BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORS), CREAM, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, GELATIN, GUAR GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, MALTODEXTRIN, MILK, NATURAL FLAVOR, PALM OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, TOCOPHEROL, TURMERIC (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, WHEAT FLOUR, WHEY, XANTHAN GUM.

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

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