Freshness Guaranteed Swirled Pink And Teal Vanilla Cake, Buttercreme Icing And Fanciful Sprinkles Flavored Color Blast Cake, Swirled Pink And Teal Vanilla Cake, Buttercreme Icing And Fanciful Sprinkles
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00078742329260
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
- 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
- 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
- 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.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
- California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
Only the shared rules above.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
Only the shared rules above.
Bleached flour
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source
Typical for cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 3.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 380 g (13 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).One serving (0.067 cake, 74 g, from the label):19% of a toddler's daily limit5% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 9.7 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.4 kg (14 lb).One serving (0.067 cake, 74 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 1.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 21 kg (46 lb).One serving (0.067 cake, 74 g, from the label):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20 samples, average 1.88, highest 9 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)
SUGAR, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NACIN, REDUCED RON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, EGGS, COLORED SPRINKLE MIXTURE (SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, TAPIOCA STARCH, RICE CEREAL [RICE FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SUGAR, MALT SYRUP, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SOYBEAN OIL, SOY LECITHIN], DEXTRIN, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN STARCH, GLYCERIN, GUM ARABIC, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, CARNAUBA WAX, RED 3, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, RED 40), CANOLA OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, INVERT SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: BLUE 1, CELLULOSE GUM, CITRIC ACID, CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, DEXTROSE, EGG WHITES, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, GLYCERIN, GUAR GUM, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NONFAT MILK, POLYSORBATE 60, POLYSORBATE 80, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO-AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, RED 3, RED 40, SALT, SODIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), SOY LECITHIN, WHEY, XANTHAN GUM, YELLOW CORN FLOUR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.