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Celebration Elegant Desserts, LLC · Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00831425001460

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-06-17). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
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.
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. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
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. Applies to all of them.
US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source

Bleached flour

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

Typical for cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Lead: typically 3.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 380 g (13 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).
One serving (0.059 cake, 80 g, from the label):
21% of a toddler's daily limit
5% of an adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 9.7 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.4 kg (14 lb).
One serving (0.059 cake, 80 g, from the label):
6% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 21 kg (46 lb).
One serving (0.059 cake, 80 g, from the label):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20 samples, average 1.88, 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)

POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH), CAKE BASE (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, EGG ALBUMEN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SOYBEAN OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NONFAT DRY MILK, EMULSIFIERS (PROPYLENE GLYCOL, MONOSTEARATE, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SOY LECITHIN, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS ), DEXTROSE, WHEY, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, RICE STARCH, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM), WATER, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES), NON-DAIRY WHIPPED TOPPING (HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE), TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS (SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), CARBOHYDRATE GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SODIUM CITRATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, COLORED SUGAR (CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, CARNAUBA WAX, RED 3, BLUE 2, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5), NONFAT DRY MILK, NATURAL MILK FLAVOR, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, MILK SOLIDS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING, RED 3, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-06-17. Labels change; check the package.

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