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Nardonebros. Premium Pepperoni Sausage, Mushrooms, Green Bell Peppers, Red Bell Peppers, Red Onions, Black Olives, And Mozzarella Cheese With A Robust Sauce Supreme Pizza, Premium Pepperoni Sausage, Mushrooms, Green Bell Peppers, Red Bell Peppers, Red Onions, Black Olives, And Mozzarella Cheese

Nardone Brothers Baking Co. · Other Deli · barcode 00085541135503

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 other deli show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-02-16). 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 other deli

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 Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salami, dry/hard: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.18, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salami, dry/hard: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 0.54, highest 2.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20 samples, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, YEAST, SALT, CALCIUM PROPIONATE. SAUCE: TOMATOES (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SPICES, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED ONION. CHEESE: LOW MOISTURE-PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES). SAUSAGE: GROUND PORK (NO MORE THAN 30% FAT), WATER, SPICES, SALT, DEXTROSE, GARLIC POWDER. PEPPERONI: PORK, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DETROSE, FLAVORINGS, GARLIC POWDER, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL SMOKE, FLAVOR, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID. MUSHROOMS: SLICED MUSHROOMS. PEPPERS: GREEN BELL PEPPERS, PEPPERS: RED BELL PEPPERS. ONIONS: RED ONION STRIPS. BLACK OLIVES: CALIFORNIA RIPE OLIVES, SALT, AND FERROUS GLUCONATE ADDED TO STABILIZE COLOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.

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