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Defense Commissary Agency · Frozen Pancakes, Waffles, French Toast & Crepes · barcode 00842798106133

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Titanium dioxide, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen pancakes, waffles, french toast & crepes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-02-16). 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.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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)

Only the shared rules above.

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • 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

Typical for frozen pancakes, waffles, french toast & crepes

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 Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.3, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 16 of 20 samples, average 2.81, highest 6 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)

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, BLUEBERRY NUGGETS (SUGAR, CORN FLOUR, DEXTROSE, PALM OIL, CORN STARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DRIED BLUEBERRIES, BLUE #2 LAKE, RED #40 LAKE), STRAWBERRY NUGGETS (SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CORNFLOUR, PALM OIL, CORN STARCH, MALIC ACID, RED #40 LAKE, DRIED STRAWBERRIES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BLUE #1 LAKE), WHITE CHOCOLATE NUGGETS (SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CORN FLOUR, PALM OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, CORN STARCH, TITANIUM DIOXIDE), SUGAR, WHEY POWDER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), VITAMIN BLEND (CALCIUM CARBONATE, MALTODEXTRIN, REDUCED IRON HYDROGEN, NIACINAMIDE [VITAMIN B3], VITAMIN A PALMITATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B1], FOLIC ACID, CYANOCOBALAMIN [VITAMIN B12]), SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.

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