Sausages, Hotdogs & Brats · barcode 00759661552013
Beef Steak & Cheese Sausage, Beef Steak & Cheese
Bridger Beef · Diluigi 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 sausages, hotdogs & brats 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 sausages, hotdogs & brats
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Perchlorate: typically 5.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.9 kg (15 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):7% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 7 of 22, average 1.67, highest 7.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 6 of 27, average 1, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 20 of 22, average 2.85, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 2 of 27, average 0.09, highest 1.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 0 of 22, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 2 of 22, average 0.33, highest 4.2 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Frankfurter (beef/pork), boiled: found in 18 of 20, average 11, highest 36 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork sausage (link/patty), oven-cooked: found in 7 of 20, average 3.15, highest 41 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)
GROUND BEEF, AMERICAN CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), TITANIUM DIOXIDE, POWDERED CELLULOSE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND NATAMYCIN (PRESERVATIVES)), WATER, SALT, SEASONING MIX (SALT, SPICES, GARLIC, RED BELL PEPPER, CANOLA OIL), SPICE, PACKED IN A NATURAL PORK CASING.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.