Archer Farms Italian-style Pepperoni, Salami, Ham, Provolone Cheese & Lettuce Sandwich, Italian-style

Prepared Subs & Sandwiches · barcode 00492860300626

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Azodicarbonamide and BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of prepared subs & sandwiches show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-10-26). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

US (FDA): Allowed 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 Azodicarbonamide, BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
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 Azodicarbonamide, BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), DATEM, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).

Azodicarbonamide

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

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

DATEM (E472e)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for prepared subs & sandwiches

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

Cadmium: typically 18.6 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 780 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.6 kg (7.9 lb).
One serving (1 sandwich, 264 g, from the label):
34% of a toddler's daily limit
7% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 5.31 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27 samples, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
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)
Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.6, highest 37 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)
Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 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)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.74, highest 9.3 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)
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)

WHITE SUB BREAD (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, SUGAR, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT, CALCIUM PROPIONATE [PRESERVATIVES], DOUGH CONDITIONERS [DIACETYL TARTARIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES, L-CYSTEINE, AZODICARBONAMIDE], MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), GIARDINIERA SPREAD (WATER, GREEN BELL PEPPER, ONION, RED BELL PEPPER, CARROT, CELERY, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, YELLOW BELL PEPPER, JALAPENO PEPPER, SOYBEAN OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, SALT, GARLIC, SPICES, BLACK PEPPER, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID, PAPRIKA, GARLIC, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), SALAMI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ASCORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, GARLIC, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), HAM WITH NATURAL JUICES (HAM CURED WITH WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, SALT, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT AND ENZYMES), GREEN LEAF LETTUCE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-10-26. Labels change; check the package.

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