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Duncan Hines Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting

Milk · barcode 00644209471133

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; not approved in the EU. 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; not approved in the EU. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of milk show what's typical. See levels
  • Others7 other milk products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2026-04-23). 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 Partially hydrogenated oils, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).

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

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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for milk

Compared with FDA's whole, reduced-fat and skim milk: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.06, highest 1.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Milk, lowfat (2%), fluid: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 6.04, highest 10 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 6.3, highest 10 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 9.23, highest 74.3 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)

Sugar , Vegetable Oil Shortening ( Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oils , Mono- and Diglycerides , Polysorbate 60 ) , Water , Corn Syrup . Contains 2% Or Less Of : Corn Starch , Salt , Colored with ( Titanium Dioxide , Yellow 5 , Red 40 ) , Preservatives ( Potassium Sorbate ) , Natural And Artificial Flavors , Lactic Acid , Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate , Citric Acid , Sodium Citrate .

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

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