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Pork Parmesan

Ahold · Ahold USA, Inc.

  • 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 other meats show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). 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

Typical for other meats

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 Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 25 of 27, average 5.56, highest 21 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, broiled: found in 2 of 20, average 0.4, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pork chop, pan-cooked w/ oil: found in 10 of 20, average 12.6, highest 73 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)

BONELESS PORK, BRUSCHETTA (TOMATOES, SUNFLOWER OIL, OLIVE OIL, BASIL, GARLIC, OREGANO, SALT, CITRIC ACID, 1/10TH OF 1% SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE [TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS]), PROVOLONE CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), FANCY SHREDDED PARMESAN CHEESE (PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, AND ENZYMES], ANTI-CAKING AGENT, AND NATAMYCIN [A MOLD INHIBITOR]), BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED FLOUR [CONTAINING WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID], CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, VEGETABLE SHORTENING [ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, AND/OR COTTON SEED OIL], YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, SOY FLOUR, WHEY, SODIUM STEAROYL, LACTYLATE [DOUGH CONDITIONER] CALCIUM PROPIONATE [PRESERVATIVE], SESAME SEEDS). PECORINO ROMANO CHEESE (100% PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S MILK, CULTURES, RENNET, SALT), PARSLEY.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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