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Stuffing · barcode 00741643011243

Stuffing Mix, Turkey

Lowes Foods · Lowe's Food Stores, Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of stuffing 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.

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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (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
  • 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

Typical for stuffing

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 Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 9 of 27, average 2.28, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Breadcrumbs: found in 3 of 3, average 4.93, highest 5.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 27 of 27, average 27.4, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Breadcrumbs: found in 3 of 3, average 33.3, highest 36 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Breadcrumbs: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Bread, white, enriched, pre-sliced: found in 26 of 27, average 5.06, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Breadcrumbs: found in 3 of 3, average 7.83, highest 8.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bread, white, enriched: found in 12 of 20, average 2.55, highest 9 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)

BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, YEAST, PRESERVATIVE [CALCIUM PROPIONATE, BHT], COLOR [CARAMEL], NATURAL FLAVOR), DEHYDRATED ONION, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DEHYDRATED CELERY, HYDROLYZED CORN AND SOY PROTEIN, SPICE, SUGAR, SOY FLOUR, CORN STARCH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, COLOR (CARAMEL, TURMERIC), CHICKEN FAT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEHYDRATED TURKEY BROTH, NATURAL FLAVOR, DEHYDRATED TURKEY MEAT, CALCIUM LACTATE, CITRIC ACID, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE.

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

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