Golden Krust Dark, Rich Easter Holiday Bun Boasts Generous Flavors Of Spices And Molasses, And Is Sweetened With Raisins And Cherries

Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery · Breads & Buns · barcode 00721134300056

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Partially hydrogenated oils, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; 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: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of breads & buns show what's typical. See levels
Others3 other breads & buns products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

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: 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)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
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
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
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

Partially hydrogenated oils

US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source

Typical for breads & buns

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 27.5 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 540 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb).
One serving (1 slice, 56 g, from the label):
10% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 6.18 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27 samples, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.28, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 20 of 27 samples, average 3.88, highest 7.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27 samples, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.6, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 27.4, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 29.9, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.74, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 26 of 27 samples, average 5.06, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, whole wheat, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 10.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27 samples, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Bread, white, enriched: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 2.55, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Bread, whole wheat: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 2.7, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 5.36, highest 34.6 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)

UNBLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BROWN SUGAR, WATER, RAISINS, CHERRIES (HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND 3) SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVES), F & DC RED #40, AND SULFUR DIOXIDE (PRESERVATIVE), SHORTENING (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND PALM OILS WITH MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES), MARGARINE (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED AND HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OILS, SALT, WATER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECHITHIN (AN EMULSIFIER), SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE), MOLASSES, VANILLA FLAVOR 2X (WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SODIUM BENZOATE AS A PRESERVATIVE), BANANA FLAVOR EMULSION (WATER, VEGETABLE GUMS, SODIUM BENZOATE), YEAST, ENZYMES (WHEAT FLOUR, MONOGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS AND 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (SILICON DIOXIDE (FLOW ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, ENZYMES, CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT), SALT, ALMOND FLAVOR EMULSION (WATER, VEGETABLE GUMS, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE), SPICES, DOUGH CONDITIONER (WATER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ETHOXYLATED MONO AND DIGLYCERIES AND 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: POLYSORBATE 60, PRESERVATIVES (PHOSPHORIC ACID, SODIUM PROPIONATE), CARAMEL COLOR, CALCIUM PROPIONATE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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