Canned Tuna · barcode 00080000515902
Bacon Ranch Flavored Kid's Creations, Bacon Ranch
Starkist · StarKist Co.
- 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 canned tuna show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-12-22). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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
Typical for canned tuna
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 21 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 590 mL (2½ cups) a day; an adult at about 2.8 L (11¾ cups).One serving (1 cup):40% of a toddler's daily limit9% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 220 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.5 mL (under ¼ cup) a day; an adult at about 30 mL (¼ cup).One serving (1 cup):▲ 37× a toddler's daily limit▲ 7.9× a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1,200 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1,200, highest 1,400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tuna, canned in water, drained: found in 8 of 20, average 3.51, highest 29 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)
LIGHT MEAT TUNA, SALAD DRESSING (WATER, VEGETABLE OIL, PASTEURIZED EGGS, VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH [CORN], SALT, SUGAR, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL ONION AND GARLIC FLAVORS, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVES], EDTA, NATURAL FLAVOR), WATER, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, SUNFLOWER OIL, SUGAR, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH (CORN), SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, ONION POWDER, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CITRUS FIBER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.