Croissants, Sweet Rolls, Muffins & Other Pastries · barcode 00085264333309

Apple Bear Claws

Hostess Brands, LLC

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-06-21). 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

Azodicarbonamide

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it in flour and dough. Source
EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) 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

Bleached flour

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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: 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 croissants, sweet rolls, muffins & other pastries

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 11.4 ppb (FDA, 60 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 kg (13 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
8% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 2.28 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.64 ppb (FDA, 59 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 10.6, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 3.3, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Muffin, blueberry: found in 12 of 27, average 1.8, highest 5.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20, average 5.2, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Doughnut, cake-type, any flavor: found in 14 of 19, average 6.08, highest 28.7 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20, average 1.47, highest 8 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)

ENRICHED FLOUR BLEACHED (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, BETA CAROTENE COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE), APPLES WITH SULFITES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, CORN SYRUP, YEAST, DEXTROSE, PALM OIL, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SALT, MONOGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM CARBONATE, WHEY, CORN STARCH, PRESERVATIVES (CALCIUM PROPIONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE), ENZYME ACTIVE SOY FLOUR, CINNAMON, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, GUAR GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, NONFAT MILK, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MOLASSES, MALIC ACID, WHEAT GLUTEN, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), WHEAT FLOUR, CELLULOSE GUM, AGAR, CALCIUM SULFATE, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, FUMARIC ACID, TANNIC ACID, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, NUTMEG, TITANIUM DIOXIDE COLOR, AMMONIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES, TRIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM, ASCORBIC ACID ADDED AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER, AZODICARBONAMIDE, BETA CAROTENE COLOR, TOCOPHEROLS.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-06-21. Labels change; check the package.

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