Lemon Pepper Flavored Rotisserie Chicken, Lemon Pepper

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Cooked & Prepared · barcode 00078742223599

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. 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; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of cooked & prepared 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.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

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.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) 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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (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

Typical for cooked & prepared

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

Perchlorate: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 23 kg (51 lb).
One serving (3 oz, 84 g, from the label):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.27, highest 7.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 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 breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 6 of 27 samples, average 0.37, highest 2.5 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.63, highest 7.5 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 breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: 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 breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 7 of 27 samples, average 1.11, highest 6.1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 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 breast, oven-roasted (skin removed): found in 6 of 20 samples, average 0.85, highest 12 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 1.97, highest 7 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)

WHOLE CHICKEN WITHOUT NECK AND GIBLETS, WATER, SEASONING (SALT, LEMON JUICE POWDER [CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LEMON JUICE SOLIDS, LEMON OIL, BHT], SUGAR MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID, FLAVORINGS), SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CARRAGEENAN. RUBBED WITH: SALT, BLACK PEPPER, CITRIC ACID, DEHYDRATED ONION, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER CELERY SEED, CALCIUM SILICATE (ADDED TO MAKE FREE-FLOWING), LEMON JUICE SOLIDS, FD&C YELLOW #5 LAKE, LEMON OIL.

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

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