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The Original Crumbs Bakeshop Gourmet Cupcakes, Birthday Cake; Red Velvet; Cotton Candy; Cookies And Cream

Barash Cosmetics LLC. · Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00850042576007

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Titanium dioxide, Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives6 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-06-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Titanium dioxide, Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
  • 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Bleached flour.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source

Typical for cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

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 Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27 samples, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20 samples, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20 samples, average 1.88, highest 9 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)

RED VELVET: RED VELVET CAKE (SUGAR, ENRICHED FLOUR BLEACHED (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), EGG WHITE, CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), EGG YOLK WITH SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, DEXTROSE, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SALT, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, NONFAT MILK, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM ACETATE, GUAR GUM, RED 40, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY FLOUR), WATER, CANOLA OIL, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHITE SPRINKLES (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, DEXTRIN, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARNAUBA WAX), COTTON CANDY: CRME CAKE (SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DEXTROSE, CORNSTARCH, EGGS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY FLOUR), EGG (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, WHOLE MILK POWDER, COTTON CANDY CRUNCH (SUGAR, PALM OIL, CORN SYRUP, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BLUE 1, RED 3, RED 40 LAKE), COOKIES & CREAM: CHOCOLATE CRME CAKE (SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR BLEACHED (FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CANOLA OIL, WHEY, 2% OF LESS OF: ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, EGGS, LEAVENING (ALUMINUM SULFATE, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, RED 40, SALT, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SULFITES, VITAMIN WHEAT GLUTEN), EGGS (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, COOKIE MEAL (SUGAR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL (TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS), COCOA (WITH ALKALI), INVERT SUGAR, 2% OR LESS OF: DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, CHOCOLATE, SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY), WHOLE MILK POWDER, COOKIE PIECES (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, PALM AND/OR CANOLA OIL, COCOA (WITH ALKALI), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CORNSTARCH, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), CHOCOLATE), BIRTHDAY CAKE: CRME CAKE (SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DEXTROSE, CORNSTARCH, EGGS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY FLOUR), EGGS (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, CONFECTIONER SUGAR, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM), BUTTER SALTED, WHOLE MILK POWDER, RAINBOW SPRINKLES (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, CORNSTARCH, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, FD&C COLORS (YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, RED 3 DYE), MALTODEXTRIN, CARNAUBA WAX, VANILLIN, CELLULOSE GUM)

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.

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