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Frozen Dinners & Entrees · barcode 00658276202972

Selects, Steak Strips

Hungry-man · Pinnacle Foods Group LLC

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen dinners & entrees 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.

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
  • 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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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: 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
  • 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 frozen dinners & entrees

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 Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20, average 3.5, highest 5 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)

MASHED POTATOES (WATER, DEHYDRATED POTATO FLAKES (POTATOES, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID), SEASONING SAUCE (VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL [TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS]), WATER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES WITH BHT AND CITRIC ACID TO PROTECT FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE FOR COLOR (CORN OIL, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL)), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF (SALT, DRIED DAIRY BLEND (WHEY, CALCIUM CASEINATE))), COOKED SEASONED BRAISED BEEF STEAK AND BINDER PRODUCT (BEEF, BEEF BROTH, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, DEXTROSE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SEASONING [MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, BEEF EXTRACT, SALT, BEEF TALLOW, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, YEAST EXTRACT], CARAMEL COLOR, SEASONING [TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, SALT, GRILL FLAVOR (FROM SUNFLOWER OIL), NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR], SPICE EXTRACTIVES), APPLE DESSERT (WATER, SUGAR, REHYDRATED APPLES, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DEHYDRATED APPLE FLAKES (CALCIUM STEARATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR [WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ETHANOL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, VANILLA EXTRACTIVES], SPICES, CITRIC ACID, SALT, DRIED EGG YOLKS), CORN, RED WINE AND ONION STEAK SAUCE (WATER, ONIONS, RED COOKING WINE [WINE, SALT, METABISULFITE AS A PRESERVATIVE], BEEF GRAVY MIX (FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, SALT, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, DEXTROSE, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], YEAST EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, ONION POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, SILICON DIOXIDE [ANTI-CAKING AGENT], DRIED BEEF STOCK, HYDROLYZED WHEAT GLUTEN, FLAVOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS), MODIFIED CORN STARCH), GREEN BEANS, SEASONING SAUCE (WATER, SUGAR, SEASONING SAUCE (VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL [TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS]), WATER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES WITH BHT AND CITRIC ACID TO PROTECT FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE FOR COLOR (CORN OIL, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL)), SALT, VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL [TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS])).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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