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Great Value Meat Lovers Beef And Pepperoni Sausage, Chicken Breast Strips And Sliced Pepperoni In A Marinara Sauce With Cavatappi Pasta, Meat Lovers

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Frozen Dinners & Entrees · barcode 00078742076911

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 dinners & entrees show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-05-23). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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: 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. 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)

  • 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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for frozen dinners & entrees

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 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)

MEAT LOVERS SAUCE: BEEF AND PEPPERONI SAUSAGE (GROUND BEEF, PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID], SEASONING [SPICES, PORK STOCK, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, GARLIC POWDER, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA {COLOR}], SALT), WATER, FULLY COOKED SEASONED CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM CITRATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, NATURAL FLAVORS, CHICKEN STOCK, FLAVOR, YEAST EXTRACT, CHICKEN BROTH POWDER, POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, POTATO STARCH, ONION POWDER, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, GARLIC POWDER, DEXTROSE, PEA PROTEIN ISOLATE, COOKED SUGAR, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, PAPRIKA, SPICE, GRILL FLAVOR, PAPRIKA EXTRACTIVES [FOR COLOR], SODIUM PHOSPHATES), ONIONS, DICED TOMATOES IN JUICE (DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), CELERY, CABERNET SAUVIGNON COOKING WINE (CALIFORNIA CABERNET SAUVIGNON, SALT, SULFITES), TOMATO PASTE, CARROTS, PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID),CORN STARCH, GARLIC PUREE (GARLIC, WATER), BEEF STOCK (BEEF STOCK, WATER, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUAR GUM), SOY LECITHIN. CAVATAPPI PASTA: COOKED PASTA (WATER, PASTA [DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, IRON (FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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