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Suzy's Cream Cheesecakes & Distinctive Desserts Classic Variety Cheesecake, Black Forest Cherry Chocolate Amaretto New York Style & Chocolate Caramel Pecan

Suzy's Cream Cheesecakes, Inc. · Other Frozen Desserts · barcode 00730256720161

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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 other frozen desserts 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.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Bleached flour

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

Typical for other frozen desserts

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.83, highest 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 19 samples, average 0.16, highest 1 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)

CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM), SUGAR, EGGS, SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUMB (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN FLOUR, SALT, DEXTROSE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN), GRAHAM CRUMB (WHEAT FLOUR, GRAHAM FLOUR, SUGAR, PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, MOLASSES, HONEY, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE), BLACK CHERRIES (CHERRIES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SODIUM BENZOATE PRESERVATIVE, POTASSIUM SORBATE PRESERVATIVE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, RED 40, BLUE 1, CARRAGEENAN, SULFUR DIOXIDE PRESERVATIVE), LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (WATER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE), CARAMEL (REDUCED LACTOSE SWEETENED CONDENSED WHOLE MILK [MILK, SUGAR, SKIM MILK], CORN SYRUP, WATER, SUGAR, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GELLAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, VANILLA, POTASSIUM SORBATE PRESERVATIVE, SALT), SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CALCIUM SULFATE, CAROB BEAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE PRESERVATIVE), BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), CHERRY PIE FILLING (CHERRIES, WATER, SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CORN SYRUP, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE PRESERVATIVE, CITRIC ACID, RED 40), PECANS (PECANS, COTTONSEED OIL, SALT), HEAVY CREAM (CREAM, MILK, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 80, CARRAGEENAN), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CHOCOLATE COATING (POWDERED SUGAR [SUGAR, CORN STARCH], CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCONUT OIL, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, MILK), ALMONDS, ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORN SYRUP, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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