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Meijer, Inc. · Pickles, Olives, Peppers & Relishes · barcode 00713733937450

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; 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: US (FDA) ban from 2027; 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 2023-09-14). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
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.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

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

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 (0.5 cup, 130 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 (0.5 cup, 130 g, from the label):
3% 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)

POTATOES, MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, CORN SYRUP, EGG YOLK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% SPICE, SALT, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS)), CULTURED SOUR CREAM (NONFAT MILK, CREAM, GRADE A WHEY, CORN STARCH-MODIFIED, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM CITRATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CULTURES, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE)), SHREDDED CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO, POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), CHEESE BLEND (FOUR CHEESE BLEND (CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, ENZYMES, SALT), WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, ROMANO CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), MILK, CREAM, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (INCLUDING FD&C YELLOW #5 AND YELLOW #6), BLEU CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CULTURES), PARMESAN CHEESE (PARTIALLY SKIMMED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES)), SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, WHEY, IMITATION BACON BITS (TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR, RED #3), SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORING, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN), SUGAR, NONFAT DRY MILK, DEHYDRATED ONION, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS INCLUDING SMOKE, TORULA YEAST, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY, WHEAT & CORN GLUTEN), SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, NONFAT MILK), CHIVES, SPICES, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE & GUANYLATE), BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN DEXTROSE, FLAVORING, HONEY, DEHYDRATED PORK BROTH, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SMOKE FLAVORING, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), WATER, CHIVES, POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS).

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

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