Meijer Chocolatey Coating With Pink Drizzle Pretzel Rods, Chocolatey Coating With Pink Drizzle

Meijer, Inc. · Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks · barcode 00713733526586

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide and Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-09-14). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

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.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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
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 popcorn, peanuts, seeds & related snacks

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

Cadmium: typically 116 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 120 g (4.2 oz) a day; an adult at about 550 g (19 oz).
One serving (2 pretzels, 40 g, from the label):
34% of a toddler's daily limit
7% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20 samples, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20 samples, average 0.56, highest 4 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)

PRETZEL (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, [FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE-B1, RIBOFLAVIN-B2, FOLIC ACID], SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, MALT, YEAST), CHOCOLATEY COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, NACIN, COCOA POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, WHOLE MILK POWDER, PALM OIL, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR], GLYCEROL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], RED 3).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-09-14. Labels change; check the package.

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