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Prepared Subs & Sandwiches · barcode 00826766192014

Roast Beef Sandwich

Boar's Head · Renaissance Food Group, LLC

  • 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 2022-05-23). 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

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.

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)

ALL NATURAL CAP-OFF TOP ROUND OVEN ROASTED BEEF (BEEF. COATED WITH SALT, PEPPER, GARLIC, DEHYDRATED HORSERADISH ROOT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS), 9-GRAIN SLICED SANDWICH BREAD (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, FLAXSEEDS, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, OAT FLOUR, DEHYDRATED POTATOES [POTATOES, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID], WHEAT GLUTEN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF: VEGETABLE SHORTENING [PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS], MILLET, CRACKED WHEAT, BARLEY FLAKES, SALT, CORNMEAL, VINEGAR, YEAST, CALCIUM PROPIONATE [PRESERVATIVE], RYE FLOUR, SESAME SEEDS, MALTED BARLEY EXTRACT, GUAR GUM, SPICES, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DOUGH CONDITIONERS [MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES]), HORSERADISH CHEDDAR (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, NATURAL FLAVORING, SALT, ENZYMES), LETTUCE, RED ONION.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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