Gardein Sweet And Sour Plant-based P'rk Bites In An Authentic Asian-style Sauce, Sweet And Sour
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC · Vegetarian Frozen Meats · barcode 00842234002128
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- 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
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 (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, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, DISTILLED VINEGAR, PINEAPPLE CONCENTRATE (PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, WATER, NATURAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID), 2% OR LESS OF: TOMATO PASTE, YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, METHYLCELLULOSE, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), RICE FLOUR, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION POWDER, CORN STARCH, TAMARIND PASTE, SPICES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), CARRAGEENAN, CRUSHED RED PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), LEAVENING (CREAM OF TARTAR, SODIUM BICARBONATE), GUM ARABIC, MALIC ACID, RED PEPPER SAUCE FLAVOR (RED PEPPER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.