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Great Value Red Velvet Sweet Bites Of Red Velvet Bread With Caramel Cinnamon Topping And Cream Cheese Frosting Sweet Treats, Red Velvet

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Other Frozen Desserts · barcode 00078742248332

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have 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.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. 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 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

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 samples, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.83, highest 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 19 samples, average 0.16, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, WATER, UNSALTED BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM), CORN SYRUP, LIQUID AND HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CULTURES, SALT, XANTHAN GUM AND/OR GUAR GUM AND/OR LOCUST BEAN GUM), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, WHEY SOLIDS [A MILK DERIVATIVE], SOY LECITHIN, TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS [SODIUM BENZOATE], NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CINNAMON, COCOA POWDER, YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), CREAM, SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, RED FOOD COLOR (FD&C RED NO. 40, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, WATER), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SKIM MILK POWDER, SOYBEAN OIL, OAT FIBER, WHEAT FLOUR, XANTHAN GUM, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, GUAR GUM, LACTIC ACID, CELLULOSE GUM, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW #5), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, MOLASSES, CALCIUM SULFATE, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ALGINATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM BICARBONATE, ENZYMES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID, YEAST, CARAMEL COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR).

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

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