Maud Borup You're A Great Catch Baseball Gumballs
Maud Borup, Inc. · Chewing Gum & Mints · barcode 00819893033237
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of chewing gum & mints show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-03-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- 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. Applies to all of them.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
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
- 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 chewing gum & mints
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Arsenic (total): typically 13 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy, hard: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13, highest 15 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Candy, hard, any flavor: found in 1 of 19 samples, average 0.47, 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)
SUGAR, GUM BASE, CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, GLYCEROL, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, BEESWAX, CARNAUBA WAX, BHT (ANTIOXIDANT), OLIVE OIL, COCHINEAL EXTRACT (COLOR), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-03-16. Labels change; check the package.