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DUNCAN HINES Perfectly Moist Butter Golden Cake Mix

[[Conagra Brands, Inc]] · Baking/Cooking Mixes/Supplies · barcode 00644209307593

What stands out

  • Recall

    FDA recall naming this barcode (Class II, 2018-12-05): positive finding of Salmonella in a retail sample. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode. Details
  • Additives1 ingredient has a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of baking/cooking mixes/supplies show what's typical. See levels

FDA recalls

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2026-04-23). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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: 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 baking/cooking mixes/supplies

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 Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 164, highest 164 ppb (2020)
  • Lead in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 1 of 3, average 1.63, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 20, highest 20 ppb (2020)
  • Cadmium in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3, average 42.3, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 120, highest 120 ppb (2020)
  • Mercury in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 77, highest 77 ppb (2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3, average 3.53, highest 3.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)

"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)

Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Less than 2% of: Wheat Starch, Canola Oil, Salt, Dextrose, Propylene Glycol Mono- and Diesters, Mono- And Diglycerides, Palm Oil, Cellulose Gum, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Ascorbic Acid, Natural Flavor, Gum Arabic, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Ascorbate, Beta Carotene (Color), Mixed Tocopherols (Antioxidant). Contains: Wheat

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2026-04-23. Labels change; check the package.

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