Vegetarian Frozen Meats · barcode 00842234001398
Crispy Plant-based Chick'n Sliders, Crispy
Gardein · Pinnacle Foods Group LLC
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
- Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. 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 11OZ CRISPY CHICK N SLIDERS UPC: 842234001398 Target item number: 270-3-67 FDA record F-1367-2018
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-11-16). 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 (100 g (3½ oz)):16% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a 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 (100 g (3½ oz)):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a 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, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, 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, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CANOLA OIL, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, 2% OR LESS OF: PALM OIL, SALT, WHEAT GLUTEN, METHYLCELLULOSE, TAPIOCA STARCH, YEAST, OAT FIBER, SUNFLOWER OIL, CULTURED CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CITRIC ACID, SPICES, SOYBEAN OIL, ASCORBIC ACID, ANCIENT GRAIN FLOUR (KHORASAN WHEAT), ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, YEAST EXTRACT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, BARLEY FLOUR, LACTIC ACID.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.