Duff Goldman Cake & Cupcake Filling, Lemon, Lemon
Gartner Studios, Inc. · Pastry Shells & Fillings · barcode 00634680545034
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of pastry shells & fillings 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.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- 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: 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.
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
- 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. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
- 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
Only the shared rules above.
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
Typical for pastry shells & fillings
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 8.9 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.8 kg (17 lb).One serving (3 oz, 85 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 10.5, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.73, highest 8.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Apple pie, fresh/frozen: found in 2 of 20 samples, average 0.1, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pumpkin pie, fresh/frozen: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 5.8, highest 15 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)
WATER, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM CITRATE, LEMON PUREE, CITRIC ACID, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, AGAR AGAR, SORBIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.