Ahold Santa Fe Style With Grilled Chicken Crisp Romaine Lettuce, Grilled Chili Lime White Meat Chicken, Fire Roasted Corn, Black Beans, Cheese Blend, Tri-color Tortilla Strips With A Salsa Ranch Dressing Salad Kit, Santa Fe Style With Grilled Chicken

Ahold USA, Inc. · Pickles, Olives, Peppers & Relishes · barcode 00688267549441

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Blue No. 2 (indigotine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of pickles, olives, peppers & relishes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-02-16). 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.
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 all of them.
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 all of them.
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 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.
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 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 all of them.
EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for pickles, olives, peppers & relishes

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 0.55 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 27 kg (60 lb) a day; an adult at more than 100 kg.
One serving (1 1/2 cup, 100 g, from the label):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 1.03 ppb (FDA, 39 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 23 kg (51 lb).
One serving (1 1/2 cup, 100 g, from the label):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 4.6, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1.13, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Olives, black, pitted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Black olives: found in 4 of 19 samples, average 0.95, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Dill cucumber pickles: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 3.19, highest 13 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)

ROMAINE LETTUCE, GRILLED CHILI LIME SEASONED CHICKEN BREAST MEAT STRIPS WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SOY SAUCE [WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT], LESS THAN 2% SPICES [INCLUDING PAPRIKA], RICE STARCH, BROWN SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CHILI PEPPER, CILANTRO, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, LIME OIL), SALSA RANCH DRESSING (SALSA [TOMATOES, ONIONS, CHILES, GARLIC, SALT, CILANTRO, CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM], VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL], BUTTERMILK [CULTURED SKIM MILK, BUTTERFAT, SALT] SUGAR, WATER, WHITE WINE VINEGAR, SALT, EGG YOLKS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, JALAPENO PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, EXTRACTIVE OF RICE, XANTHAN GUM, SPICES, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, SODIUM BENZOTE [AS A PRESERVATIVE], POTASSIUM SORBATE [AS A PRESERVATIVE], DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA TO PROTECT FLAVOR), FIRE ROASTED CORN, BLACK BEANS, CHEESE BLEND (MONTEREY JACK AND QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], ASADERO AND CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTUTRE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO {VEGETABLE COLOR}], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]), TRI-COLOR TORTILLA STRIPS (CORN MASA FLOUR, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR CANOLA OIL, SEASONING [WHEY, SOUR CREAM POWDER {CREAM, NONFAT DRY MILK, CULTURES}, CHEDDAR CHEESE {MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES}, SEA SALT, SPICES, MILK, CITRIC ACID, BUTTERMILK, TOMATO POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PAPRIKA {COLOR}, ONION POWDER, COCONUT OIL, SODIUM CASENIATE, GARLIC POWDER, LACTIC ACID, LIME JUICE SOLIDS, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA {COLOR}, NATURAL FLAVORS], RED 40, BLUE 1, BLUE 2).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.

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