Favorite Day Hanukkah Cookies Decorating Kit, Hanukkah Cookies
Target Stores · Cake, Cookie & Cupcake Mixes · barcode 00085239980521
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives5 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cake, cookie & cupcake mixes 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 Titanium dioxide, Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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.
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Acetylated mono- and diglycerides.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- 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
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
Only the shared rules above.
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
Only the shared rules above.
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
Only the shared rules above.
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Acetylated mono- and diglycerides (E472a)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows them. Source
Typical for cake, cookie & cupcake mixes
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Lead: typically 4.01 ppb (FDA, 57 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 (1/12 kit, 42 g, from the label):11% of a toddler's daily limit3% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 10.1 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.1 kg (13 lb).One serving (1/12 kit, 42 g, from the label):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.96 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 1.02 ppb (FDA, 59 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5.2 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 24 kg (53 lb).One serving (1/12 kit, 42 g, from the label):under 1% 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 Brownie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.7, highest 8.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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 Brownie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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 Brownie: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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 Brownie: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.27, highest 3.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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 Brownie: found in 7 of 19 samples, average 1.37, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
- 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)
COOKIE: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, ASCORBIC ACID ADDED AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, ENZYME, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (PALM OIL, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL), WATER, INVERT SUGAR, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT. ICINGS: SUGAR, WATER, PALM OIL, CORNSTARCH, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES (EMULSIFIER), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POLYSORBATE 60, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), CITRIC ACID, RED 40, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5. GOLD SANDING SUGAR: SUGAR, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1. SILVER SANDING SUGAR: SUGAR, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-07-13. Labels change; check the package.