Breakfast Sandwiches, Biscuits & Meals · barcode 00722652690049

Sausage Egg & Cheese On Biscuit

Buddy's Kitchen · Buddy's Kitchen, Inc.

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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
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: 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

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
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

Bleached flour

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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: 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

DATEM (E472e)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472e. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals

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 12.3 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.6 kg (12 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
8% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 2.83 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 3.67 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.8 kg (13 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
8% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a 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 Biscuits, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.42, highest 6.8 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 4 of 27, average 0.63, highest 4.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 19.4, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 14 of 27, average 1.62, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 6.9, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 5 of 27, average 0.61, highest 3.8 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Eggs, boiled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.09, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20, average 5.36, highest 34.6 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 13 of 20, average 19, highest 139 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)

BUTTERMILK BISCUIT: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THAIMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BUTTERMILK BLEND (CULTURED FAT FREE MILK, NONFAT MILK, GUAR GUM, TAPIOCA STARCH, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH), PALM OIL. CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SOY LECITHIN, DATEM, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE, CELLULOSE GUM, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVORS. EGG PATTY: WHOLE EGGS, WATER, VEGETABLE OIL (CORN AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL), WHEY SOLIDS, NONFAT DRIED MILK, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, WHITE PEPPER, ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOY AND COTTONSEED OIL, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, FLAVORS). SAUSAGE PATTY: PORK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SPICES, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEXTROSE, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, BHA, PROPYL GALLATE, CITRIC ACID. PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE PRODUCT: CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, WHEY, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (IF COLORED), SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), LACTIC ACID, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN (NON-STICKING AGENT).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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