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Breakfast Sandwiches, Biscuits & Meals · barcode 00818777010708

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit, Bacon, Egg & Cheese

The Pantry · Old Fashioned Kettle Corn

  • 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 breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals 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.

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

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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

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 breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals

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 Biscuits, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.42, highest 6.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 4 of 27, average 0.63, highest 4.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 19.4, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 14 of 27, average 1.62, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 6.9, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 5 of 27, average 0.61, highest 3.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Eggs, boiled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.09, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20, average 5.36, highest 34.6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 13 of 20, average 19, highest 139 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)

BISCUIT: ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BUTTERMILK BLEND (CULTURED FAT FREE MILK, NONFAT DRY MILK, GUAR GUM, FOOD STARCH, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES [EMULSIFIERS], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL), WATER, CONTAIN 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SOY LECITHIN, DATEM, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR. EGG: WHOLE EGGS, WHEY, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, NONFAT MILK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, CITRIC ACID. SHARP PROCESSED AMERICAN CHEESE: CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, CREAM, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (IF COLORED), SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), ACETIC ACID, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN. BACON: CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SMOKE FLAVORING, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE.

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

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