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Crunch Pak Foodles Carrot, Ranch, Cheese & Pretzel

Crunch Pak Holding Company, LLC · Lunch Snacks & Combinations · barcode 00732313000117

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of lunch snacks & combinations 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.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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 lunch snacks & combinations

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20 samples, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, cheddar, natural (sharp/mild): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 7.05, highest 69 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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)

CARROTS, CHEDDAR CHEESE: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR). PRETZELS: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF: CANOLA OIL AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, LEAVENING (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF: YEAST, SODIUM BICARBONATE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE). LOW FAT RANCH DRESSING: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, BUTTERMILK POWDER, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, WHEY POWDER, EGG YOLKS, NONFAT DRY MILK, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, ONION POWDER, CELLULOSE GEL, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), LACTIC ACID, GARLIC, BLACK PEPPER, CELLULOSE GUM, PARSLEY, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.

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

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