Red And Black Berries, Red And Black

Dutch Valley Food Distributors, Inc. · Pre-Packaged Fruit & Vegetables · barcode 00718531005516

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 2 (indigotine), which have 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.
Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of pre-packaged fruit & vegetables show what's typical. See levels
Others11 other pre-packaged fruit & vegetables products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-12-07). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
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 all of them.
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.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E132. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for pre-packaged fruit & vegetables

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

Cadmium: typically 18.5 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 700 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.3 kg (7.3 lb).
One serving (5 pieces, 30 g, from the label):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 2.13 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 5 ppb (FDA, 80 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 890 g (31 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.2 kg (9.3 lb).
One serving (5 pieces, 30 g, from the label):
3% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 7 of 27 samples, average 1.86, highest 13 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.8, highest 83 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 61.1, highest 200 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 7 of 27 samples, average 1.88, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 24 of 27 samples, average 4.99, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 16 of 27 samples, average 3.12, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 8 of 27 samples, average 1.71, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Apple (red), raw (w/ peel): found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 6.68, highest 40 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Grapes (red/green), raw: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 25.8, highest 90.6 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 14.7, highest 229 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)

RED AND BLACK BERRIES (SUGAR, GLUCOSE SYRUP, GELATINE [PORK], ACIDIFIER [CITRIC ACID], NATURAL FLAVORING [RASPBERRY, BLACKBERRY] COLORING [CARMINE (NATURAL), RED 40 (ARTIFICIAL), IRON OXIDE (NATURAL), BLUE 2 (ARTIFICIAL), AMMONIA CARAMEL (NATURAL)], ARABIC GUM (EMULSIFIER], VEGETABLE OIL [COCONUT], BEESWAX [GLAZING AGENT]).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-07. Labels change; check the package.

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