Cream · barcode 00714444005148
Wheat Pellets, Chicharron Plain
Mi Costenita · Mi Costenita Food Dist.
- 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 cream show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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 cream
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Perchlorate: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 10 kg (22 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cream, half and half: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cream, half and half: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cream, half and half: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cream, half and half: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Cream substitute, non-dairy, liquid/frozen: found in 14 of 20, average 2.96, highest 22 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Half & half cream: found in 19 of 20, average 6.59, highest 15.7 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)
WHEAT FLOUR, CORN STARCH, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, AND ARTIFICIAL COLOR (INCLUDING FD&C YELLOW #6), PEANUT OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, OR COTTON SEED OIL, METHYISILICONE (ADDED AS AN ANTIFOAMING AGENT).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.