Gardein Mandarin Orange Plant-based Crispy Chick'n, Mandarin Orange
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC · Vegetarian Frozen Meats · barcode 00842234000742
What stands out
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode (2018, closed). Details
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of vegetarian frozen meats show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2018-05-09 · Class II · Terminated Shipping container from CA to HI was not held at proper temperature which could cause food items to be contaminated with spoilage organisms or pathogensTarget Corporation: GARDEIN 10.5OZ MNDRN CHICKN UPC: 842234000742 Target item number: 270-3-85 Recall F-1360-2018 details
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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 vegetarian frozen meats
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 5.1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 630 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb).One serving (140 g, from the label):22% of a toddler's daily limit6% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 17 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 880 g (31 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.1 kg (9 lb).One serving (140 g, from the label):16% of a toddler's daily limit3% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 5.7 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Veggie burger: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.4, highest 5.9 ppb (2018-2020)
"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)
WATER, SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, CANOLA OIL, DISTILLED VINEGAR, 2% OR LESS OF: SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), RICE FLOUR, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, FRUIT PUREE (WATER, MANDARIN ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, TANGERINE JUICE CONCENTRATE), SALT, METHYLCELLULOSE, SUNFLOWER OIL, CORN STARCH, GARLIC POWDER, ANCIENT GRAIN FLOUR (KHORASAN WHEAT), SALTED SAKE (WATER, RICE, SALT), POTATO STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, YEAST EXTRACT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), OIL OF ORANGE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CRUSHED RED PEPPER, LACTIC ACID.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.