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Sushi With Gusto Spicy Tuna Poke Bowl, Spicy Tuna

Sushi With Gusto · Other Deli · barcode 00837495007289

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of other deli show what's typical. See levels

Fish advice for pregnancy, breastfeeding and children

On FDA and EPA's fish chart: Tuna, canned light (includes skipjack): Best Choice; Tuna, albacore/white tuna, canned and fresh/frozen: Good Choice; Tuna, yellowfin: Good Choice; Tuna, bigeye: Choice to Avoid.

FDA and EPA advise people who are or may become pregnant, people who are breastfeeding, and parents of children 1 to 11:

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding: 2 to 3 servings a week from the Best Choices list, or 1 serving a week from the Good Choices list. A serving is 4 ounces.
  • Children: 2 servings a week from the Best Choices list. A serving is about 1 ounce at ages 1 to 3, 2 ounces at 4 to 7, 3 ounces at 8 to 10, and 4 ounces at 11.

Source: FDA and EPA, Advice about Eating Fish (revised October 2021). Mercury in fish FDA tested

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-05-23). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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.

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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for other deli

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 Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salami, dry/hard: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.18, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salami, dry/hard: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 0.54, highest 2.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20 samples, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 20.6, highest 56.4 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

WHITE SUSHI RICE (WHITE RICE, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR), RAW TUNA, CUCUMBER, AVOCADO, SEAWEED SALAD (SEAWEED, AGAR-AGAR, SESAME SEEDS, SESAME OIL, KIKURAGE MUSHROOM, SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, RED PEPPER, DISODIUM 5-INOSINATE, DISODIUM 5-QUANYLATE, FD&C YELLOW #5, FD&C BLUE #1, POTASSIUM SORBATE), SESAME SEEDS, POKEKAKE SEASONING (SESAME SEEDS, DRIED BONITO, SUGAR, SALT, CHILI PEPPER, SEAWEED, SWEET RICE WINE [WATER, RICE, MALTED RICE], SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), DISODIUM 5 INOSINATE, TOCOPHEROLS), SCALLIONS, BBQ EEL SAUCE (SUGAR, SOY SAUCE, WATER, MIRIN [SWEET COOKING RICE WINE], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CARAMEL COLOR, SALT), SPICY MAYONNAISE SAUCE (MAYONNAISE [SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE, CALCIUM DISODIUMEDTA, NATURAL FLAVORS], HOT SAUCE [CHILI, SUGAR, SALT, GARLIC, DISTILLED VINEGAR, POTASSIUM SORBATE SODIUM BISULFITE, XANTHAN GUM), SOY SAUCE [WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT], SESAME OIL)

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

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