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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt · barcode 00681131286657

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which are banned or not approved in West Virginia from 2028-01-01, US (FDA) from 2027-01-15 and California from 2027-01-01. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of ice cream & frozen yogurt show what's typical. See levels
  • Others3 other ice cream & frozen yogurt products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-06-21). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • 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
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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

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
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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

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 ice cream & frozen yogurt

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 Ice cream, chocolate: found in 18 of 27, average 3.96, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Ice cream, chocolate: found in 27 of 27, average 7.27, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Ice cream, chocolate: found in 9 of 27, average 0.45, highest 2.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Ice cream, chocolate: found in 4 of 27, average 0.49, highest 3.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Ice cream, regular, vanilla: found in 19 of 19, average 6.81, highest 12 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)

SKIM MILK, SUGAR, CREAM, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, CONDENSED SKIM MILK, CORN SYRUP, SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: DEXTROSE, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, EGG WHITES, CORN STARCH, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), PALM AND PALM KERNEL OILS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MODIFIED TAPIOCA AND CORN STARCH, SALT, WHEY, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CASEINATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POLYSORBATE 60, GUAR GUM, WHEAT STARCH, LOCUST BEAN GUM, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, XANTHAN GUM, DEXTRIN, CELLULOSE GUM, CARBOHYDRATE GUM, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, BLUE 1 LAKE, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, BLUE 1, RED 3, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CARNAUBA WAX, ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, ANNATTO (FOR COLOR), BETA-CAROTENE COLOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-06-21. Labels change; check the package.

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