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Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt · barcode 00713733921985

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  • 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 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 2023-09-14). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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
  • 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

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)

"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)

MILK, CREAM, BUTTERMILK, MARSHMALLOW SWIRL (CORN SYRUP, WATER, SUGAR, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE FOR COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, CITRIC ACID), WHEY, SUGAR, CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE BASE (SUGAR, WATER, COCOA, CORN SYRUP, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT), CHOCOLATE CAKE PIECES {WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, WATER, PASTEURIZED EGGS, COCOA, SUNFLOWER OIL, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE}, CORN SYRUP, SKIM MILK, CONTAINS 1% OR LESS OF MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CAROB BEAN GUM, TARA GUM, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM.

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

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