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Other Frozen Desserts · barcode 00078742112831

Chocolate Explosion Cake, Chocolate

Daily Chef · Wal-Mart Stores, 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 other frozen desserts show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-03-16). 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

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 other frozen desserts

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 Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 3, average 2.83, highest 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 19, average 0.16, highest 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)

CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM), SUGAR, WATER, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA FLAVOR, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), HEAVY CREAM (CREAM, MILK, NONFAT MILK, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CARRAGEENAN, POLYSORBATE 80, DEXTROSE), CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUMBS (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, PALM OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR, WHEY, BAKING SODA, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN), ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), EGGS, NON DAIRY WHIPPED TOPPING (WATER, SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE, POLYSORBATE 60, HYDROXYPROPYL METHYLCELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, COLORED WITH ANNATTO EXTRACT), BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, BUTTERFAT, VANILLA FLAVOR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT), CARAMEL (CORN SYRUP BLEND [CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP], SWEETENED CONDENSED SKIM MILK [SKIM MILK, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP], SUGAR, CREAM, BUTTER, WATER, SALT, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM, BAKING SODA, NATURAL FLAVOR), BUTTER, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), BROWN SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SUGAR, PALM OIL, BUTTER, ROASTED ALMONDS (ALMONDS, COCOA BUTTER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTROSE, NONFAT MILK, FRUCTOSE, CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, PECANS, COCOA BUTTER, MILK, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA, BUTTERMILK POWDER, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, COTTONSEED OIL, MALTITOL SYRUP, VANILLA BEAN, ACACIA GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, KONJAC AND TARA GUM BLEND.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-03-16. Labels change; check the package.

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