Prepared Subs & Sandwiches · barcode 00811907017332

Whole Italian Sub

Rachael's · Rachael's Food Corporation

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 prepared subs & sandwiches 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.

Potassium bromate

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it in flour and bread. Source
EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) Source
California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) 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

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 prepared subs & sandwiches

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 18.6 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 780 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.6 kg (7.9 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
13% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 5.31 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 16 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 160 g (5.6 oz) a day; an adult at about 740 g (26 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
● 63% of a toddler's daily limit
14% 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 Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27, average 24.6, highest 37 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27, average 5.74, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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)

SUB ROLL: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, YEAST, SALT, CORNMEAL (PROCESSING AID), SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, EMULSIFIER (WATER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPIONIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID), DOUGH IMPROVER [(ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DIACETYL TARTARIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES (DATEM), SALT, CALCIUM SULFATE, SOYBEAN OIL, POTASSIUM BROMATE & 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, ENZYMES (CONTAINS WHEAT)], CALCIUM PROPIONATE (A MOLD INHIBITOR), DEXTROSE, ENZYMES, MINERAL OIL (PROCESSING AID), CALCIUM SULFATE, POTASSIUM BROMATE, L. CYSTEINE COOKED HAM: HAM, WATER, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. HOT HAM WATER ADDED CAPICOLA: COATED WITH SPECIES AND PAPRIKA, HAM, WATER, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, SODIUM LACTATE, SPICES, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, FLAVORINGS, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. GENOA SALAMI: PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEXTROSE, SUGARS, WINE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, FLAVORINGS, SODIUM NITRATE, SPICE, GARLIC, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE. GRANDE PEPPERONI: PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, SPICES, WATER, CORN SYRUP, PAPRIKA, EXTRACT OF PAPRIKA, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, FLAVORING, NATURAL FLAVORING, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE. HAM: WATER ADDED; OFF THE BONE: CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, BROWN SUGAR, SUGAR, HONEY, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, DEXTROSE, SODIUM NITRITE PROVOLONE CHEESE: PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, GREEN PEPPERS, ONION, PICKLE, TOMATO MIX: FRESH CHOPPED GREEN PEPPERS, ONIONS & PICKLES LEAF LETTUCE: FRESH LEAF LETTUCE.

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

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