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Nardone Brothers Baking Co. Inc. · Savoury Bakery Products · barcode 00085541133332

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. 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. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of savoury bakery products show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2025-09-18). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

  • 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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for savoury bakery products

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 Biscuits, fast-food: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.42, highest 6.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 19.4, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.04, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 6.9, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20 samples, average 10.2, highest 37 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)

CRUST: Water, Whole Wheat Flour, Enriched Flour (Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soybean Oil, Contains 2% or less of: Vital Wheat Gluten, Sugar, Salt, Yeast. CHEESE: Low Moisture-Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Natamycin). SAUCE: Tomatoes (Water, Tomato Paste, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Spices, Sugar, Dehydrated Garlic, Dehydrated Onion. SAUSAGE: Ground Pork (No More Than 30% Fat), Water, Spices, Salt, Dextrose, Garlic Powder. PEPPERONI: Pork and Beef, Salt, Contains 2% or Less of Flavorings, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin of Paprika, Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C), Sodium Nitrite, Spices, Sugar, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid. CANADIAN STYLE BACON: Pork Sirloin Hips (PFOF), Water, Salt, Potassium Lactate, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite. BACON: Cured with: Water, Salt, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite May Contain Sugar, Brown Sugar.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2025-09-18. Labels change; check the package.

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