French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings · barcode 00086688100027
Cheese Fries, Cheddar Cheese
Steak 'N Shake · Discount Inc.
- 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 french fries, potatoes & onion rings show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
- 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
- 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
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
- 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
- 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
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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
Typical for french fries, potatoes & onion rings
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 40 ppb (FDA, 81 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 360 g (13 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):28% of a toddler's daily limit6% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.73 ppb (FDA, 81 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 9 of 27, average 2.32, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.56, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 43, highest 66 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 57.9, highest 100 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 19 of 27, average 4.31, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 23 of 27, average 3.97, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Potato, baked (w/ peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.38, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, french-fried, fast-food: found in 14 of 20, average 6.68, highest 19 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)
1. FRENCH FRIED POTATOES [POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, CANOLA, CORN AND/OR SUNFLOWER), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, RICE FLOUR, DEXTRIN, SALT, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, BETA CAROTENE, DEXTROSE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE AND DISODIUM DIHYDROGEN PYROPHOSPHATE (TO MAINTAIN NATURAL COLOR)]. 2. CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE [WATER, CHEESE BLEND CHEESE [CHEDDAR, GRANULAR AND BLUE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT ENZYMES], WHEY, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, CREAM, WHOLE MILK POWDER, SOYBEAN OIL, ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, SUGAR, BUTTER FLAVOR (WHEY SOLIDS, ENZYME MODIFIED BUTTER, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DEHYDRATED BUTTER, GUAR GUM, ANNATTO AND TURMERIC FOR COLOR, CONTAINS MILK), POLYSORBATE 60, XANTHAN,GUM, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.