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Meijer Andouille Sausage & Cheese Dip, Andouille Sausage & Cheese

Meijer, Inc. · Cheese · barcode 00713733564755

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which has 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.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cheese show what's typical. See levels
  • Others1 other cheese product has lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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
  • 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

Typical for cheese

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 Cheese, American, processed: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.8, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 3 of 27 samples, average 0.23, highest 2.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, American, processed: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.2, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, American, processed: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 12, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, Swiss, natural: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 5.14, highest 17 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, cheddar, natural (sharp/mild): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 7.05, highest 69 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)

CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS [CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), BEER CHEESE (WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], BEER [WATER, MALTED BARLEY, HOPS, YEAST], CREAM CHEESE [PASTEURIZED CULTURE MILK AND CREAM, SALT, STABILIZERS {XANTHAN AND/OR CAROB BEAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS}], CREAM, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CHEESE SAUCE BASE [WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE {CULTURE MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, CANOLA OIL, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE {CULTURE MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, NON FAT DRY MILK, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS}, SALT, SODIUM CASEINATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CARRAGEENAN, ANNATTO EXTRACT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, MALTODEXTRIN, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW NO 5], PEPPER SAUCE [AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, GARLIC POWDER], SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT), ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE (MEAT INGREDIENTS [PORK, BEEF], WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, CORN SYRUP, SPICES, POTASSIUM LACTATE, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM DIACETATE, SASSAFRAS, ASCORBIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SODIUM NITRATE), DICED TOMATOES (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE), RED BELL PEPPER (PEPPERS, WATER, CITRIC ACID AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE), WHITE ONION, CITRIC ACID, GRANULATED GARLIC, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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