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King Soopers Sandwich Bun, Ham, Swish & Caramelized Onion

Continental Airlines, Inc./chelsea Catering Division · Prepared Subs & Sandwiches · barcode 00663209020615

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Azodicarbonamide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not approved in the EU. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of prepared subs & sandwiches show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-06-17). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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.

Azodicarbonamide

  • EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) 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

DATEM (E472e)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472e. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for prepared subs & sandwiches

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 Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27 samples, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.6, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.74, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20 samples, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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)

EVERYTHING BUN: (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, SUGAR, PALM OIL, YEAST, DOUGH CONDITIONER [WHEAT FLOUR, DIACETYL TARTARIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO-DIGLYCERIDES [DATEM], CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SOYBEAN OIL, L. CYSTEINE, ENZYME, ASCORBIC ACID, AZODICARBONAMIDE [ADA]], SALT, DOUGH EXTENDER [WHEAT FLOUR, MONOGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: ENZYME, SOYBEAN OIL], CALCIUM PROPIONATE, DRY MALT, DOUGH CONDITIONER [CORN FLOUR, TURMERIC, MONO-DIGLYCERIDES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: PAPRIKA, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS] SHINE AGENT [CASEIN [MILK], DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SOYA LECITHIN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CARRAGEENAN, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA], TOPPING [ONION, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT POPPY SEED, GRANULATED GARLIC], SESAME SEED), PRIVATE SELECTION WILDFLOWER HONEY HAM (CURED WITH: WATER, HONEY SUGAR, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, AND SODIUM NITRITE), SWISS CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CARAMELIZED ONIONS (ONION, SWEET, RAW, BUTTER, UNSALTED, SUGAR, WHITE GRANULATED), BACON (FULLY COOKED BACON CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-06-17. Labels change; check the package.

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