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Frozen Patties and Burgers · barcode 00842234002326

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Gardein · Pinnacle Foods Group LLC

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen patties and burgers 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 frozen patties and burgers

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Veggie burger: found in 2 of 3, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 15 of 27, average 0.85, highest 2.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 14 of 27, average 5.54, highest 48 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 5.4, highest 5.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 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)

WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, CANOLA OIL, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, PEA PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, TAPIOCA STARCH, 2% OR LESS OF: DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, TEXTURED WHEAT PROTEIN (WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEAT STARCH), METHYLCELLULOSE, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, DRIED ONION, FRUCTOSE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), PAPRIKA EXTRACTIVES (COLOR), PEA PROTEIN, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, SUNFLOWER OIL.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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