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Archer Farms Quinoa Salad With Black Beans, Chickpeas, Red Beans & Feta Cheese, Quinoa

Target Stores · Deli Salads · barcode 00085239025703

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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 deli salads show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-10-26). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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
  • 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: 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
  • 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 deli salads

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cabbage, raw: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.51, highest 14 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cabbage, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cabbage, raw: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.38, highest 6.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Mayonnaise, regular, bottled: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.38, highest 2 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)

QUINOA, DRESSING (WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DEHYDRATED ONION, XANTHAN GUM, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPER, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], SORBIC ACID, CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE, SPICES, CARAMEL COLOR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [PRESERVATIVE], YELLOW 6 [COLOR]), BLACK BEANS (WATER, BLACK BEANS, SALT), CHICKPEAS (CHICKPEAS, WATER, SALT, DISODIUM EDTA [PRESERVATIVE]), RED BEANS (RED BEANS, WATER, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [PRESERVATIVE]), FETA CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH [ANTI CAKING]), PARSLEY, BASIL, SUGAR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVES).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-10-26. Labels change; check the package.

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