Spoon Scout

Favorite Day Assorted Petits Fours Filled With Buttercream, Vanilla, Double Chocolate, Red Velvet

Target Stores · Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00085239100387

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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.
  • Additives6 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 2023-07-13). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), 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. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Bleached flour, Interesterified oils.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Bleached flour

Only the shared rules above.

Interesterified oils

Only the shared rules above.

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.

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, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, EGGS, WATER, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MARGARINE (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, BUTTERMILK, SALT, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA-CAROTENE [COLOR]), PALM OIL, BUTTER, REDUCED MINERAL WHEY, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, MILK, NONFAT MILK SOLIDS, INVERT SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, CREAM, SALT, CAROB GUM), CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, WHEY POWDER, APRICOT PUREE, WHEY, CANOLA OIL, CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, WHOLE MILK POWDER, MILK FAT, SOY LECITHIN [AN EMULSIFIER], VANILLIN [AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR]), SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, EMULSIFIERS (SOY LECITHIN, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE), LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CITRIC ACID, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUMS (XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, CELLULOSE, ACACIA GUM, CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE), CARAMEL COLOR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, PALM KERNEL OIL, PRESERVATIVES (SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, COCONUT OIL, ARTIFICIAL COLORS INCLUDING (RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, BLUE 2, RED 3, BLUE 1), CARNAUBA WAX, HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, MALIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, ANNATTO (COLOR).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-07-13. Labels change; check the package.

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