The Original Crumbs Bakeshop Fan Favorites Mini Size Gourmet Cupcakes

Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00850042576014

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From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. 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 2023-04-27). 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), 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 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 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 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 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 all of them.

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)

EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

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.

Lead: typically 3.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 380 g (13 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).
One serving (57 g, from the label):
15% of a toddler's daily limit
4% of an adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 9.7 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.4 kg (14 lb).
One serving (57 g, from the label):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 21 kg (46 lb).
One serving (57 g, from the label):
1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

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)

STRAWBERRY CRUMB / SQUIGGLE / DEVIL'S FOOD - STRAWBERRY CRUMB: 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, SHORTENING (PALM OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), FONDANT (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WATER), SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, BUTTER SALTED, MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), VITAMIN A PALMITATE), CAKE FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR ENRICHED (BLEACHED WHEAT FOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), STRAWBERRY ICING FRUIT (STRAWBERRIES (STRAWBERRIES, SUGAR), SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WATER, 2% OR LESS OF: ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, DEXTROSE, GUAR GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PECTIN, PRESERVATIVE (SODIUM BENZOATE), RED 40), CINNAMON, SALT, SQUIGGLE: 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% OR 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, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN), EGGS (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, SHORTENING (PALM OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), FONDANT (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WATER), BUTTER SALTED, CHOCOLATE COATING (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM KERNEL, PALM), COCOA (WITH ALKALI), LACTOSE, LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), VANILLA), COFFEE, DARK CORN SYRUP (CORN SYRUP, VANILLA), SALT, B&V FLAVOR (NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOYBEAN OIL, ALPHA TOCOPHEROL), DEVIL'S FOOD: 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% OR 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, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN), EGGS (WITH CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL, WATER, SHORTENING (PALM OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), FONDANT (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, WATER), BUTTER SALTED, B&V FLAVOR (NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOYBEAN OIL, ALPHA TOCOPHEROL), SALT, CHOCOLATE COATING (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS (PALM KERNEL, PALM), COCOA (WITH ALKALI), LACTOSE, LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), VANILLA), COFFEE, DARK CORN SYRUP (CORN SYRUP, VANILLA),RASPBERRY SWIRL - 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, RASPBERRY FILLING (WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, RED RASPBERRIES, SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, 2% OR LESS OF: BLUE 1, CITRIC ACID, GELLAN GUM, MALIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE), RED 40, SALT), WHOLE MILK POWDER

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-04-27. Labels change; check the package.

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