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Empire Bakery Commissary Patriotic Cookie With Stars, Patriotic Cookie

Empire Bakery Commissary, LLC · Cookies & Biscuits · barcode 00635078401123

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Red No. 3 (erythrosine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives6 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cookies & biscuits show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-07-13). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Titanium dioxide, Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Interesterified oils.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Interesterified oils

  • US (FDA): Allowed No specific FDA restriction. Source

Typical for cookies & biscuits

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.57, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.4, highest 24 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 48.3, highest 68 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 18.3, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cookies, sugar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 15.7, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.53, highest 1.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.43, highest 5.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sandwich, with crème filling: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.6, highest 7.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chocolate chip cookies: found in 6 of 20 samples, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sandwich cookies w/ creme filling: found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.6, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Sugar cookies: found in 13 of 19 samples, average 3.07, highest 15.4 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)

COOKIE-ENRICHED LOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IPON THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, POIC ACID) SUGAR CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL. HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL), EGGS FRUCTOSE, MOLASSES, WATER CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF LEAVENING (BAKING SODA SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE). SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS CORN STARCH, SOY LECITHIN, NONFAT MILK ICING-SUGAR VEGETABLE SHORTENING (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL), CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SOYBEAN OIL, WATER CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, CITRIC ACID, CORN STARCH, ALPHA TOCOPHEROL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR DEXTROSE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR) POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVES), MALTODEXTRIN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, BLUE 1. BLUE 2 RED 40, RED 40 LAKE, RED 3: GUAR GUM, PHOSPHORIC ACID QUINS SUGAR. CORNSTARCH, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM, PALM KERNEL) CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF RICE FLOUR, PALM OIL, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, RED 40 LAKE, DEXTRIN, GUM ACACIA XANTHAN GUM, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. SOY LECITHIN, YELLOW 6 LAKE RED 40 CARNALIBA WAX BLUE POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE) ARTIFICIAL COLOR, RED 3 MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES POLYSORBATE 60 GARNISHMENTS- SUGAR CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EGG WHITES, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, FD&C BLUE 1, FD&C RED 3, FD&C RED 40 FD&C YELLOW 6

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-07-13. Labels change; check the package.

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