Vegetarian Frozen Meats · barcode 00816697021149
Chicken Nuggets Made From Plants, Chicken
Impossible · Impossible Foods Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of vegetarian frozen meats show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2023-04-19 · Class II · Terminated Foreign Material (wood)Impossible Foods Inc: Impossible Chicken Nuggets Made From Plants packaged in the following names and package sizes: 1. Wild Nuggies, Net Wt. 13.5oz (383g), UPC 8 16697-02039 5; 2. Chicken Nuggets, Net Wt. 32 oz (907g), UPC 8 16697-02042 5; 3. Chicken Nuggets, Net Wt. 13.5oz (383g), UPC 8 16697-02114 9. Contains No Animal Products. Fully Cooked. Perishable, Keep Frozen. Distributed by: Impossible Foods, Inc., Redwood City, CA 94063. FDA record F-0706-2023
Typical for vegetarian frozen meats
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 5.1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 630 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):16% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 17 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 880 g (31 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.1 kg (9 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 5.7 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Veggie burger: found in 2 of 3, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 5.4, highest 5.9 ppb (2018-2020)
"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)
WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, 2% OR LESS OF: POTATO STARCH, METHYLCELLULOSE, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, CULTURED DEXTROSE, WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST EXTRACT, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DEXTROSE, FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SPICES, LEAVENING (CREAM OF TARTAR, SODIUM BICARBONATE), DRIED YEAST, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (FOR COLOR), MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (ANTIOXIDANT) VITAMINS & MINERALS: ZINC GLUCONATE, NIACIN (VITAMIN B3), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), VITAMIN B12
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.