Fondarific Red Buttercream Fondant
Candy Craft Creations, LLC · Baking Decorations & Dessert Toppings · barcode 00853651002769
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; 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: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA has no comparable food in its tests.
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- 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: 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.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
- 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
- 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
- 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
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
- 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
Typical for baking decorations & dessert toppings
FDA's Total Diet Study has no food close enough to this one to give a fair typical level.
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)
SUGAR (SUGAR CORNSTARCH), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, NON-FAT DRY MILK, SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CANE SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, GLUCOSE FRUCTOSE, WATER, SALT, VANILLA, BUTTER FLAVOR, FD&C RED NO. 40, CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, GUM ARABIC, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.