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Margaritaville Jamaican Style Beef Empanadas Beef With Jamaican Style Seasoning, Jamaican Style Beef Empanadas

123 Cha-cha -Cha Corp · Frozen Appetizers & Hors D'oeuvres · barcode 00857259008215

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine) and Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives6 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 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.
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Blue No. 2 (indigotine), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)

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

Typical for frozen appetizers & hors d'oeuvres

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.16, highest 4.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.7, highest 8.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 4 of 27 samples, average 0.56, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 13 of 20 samples, average 3.42, highest 12.5 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

DOUGH: WHEAT FLOUR, SPREAD (SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, WATER, SOY LECITHIN, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES FROM FATTY ACIDS, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE AS PRESERVATIVES, CITRIC ACID, BETA CAROTENE (COLORANT), BHA AS ANTIOXIDANT AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (FLAVOR BUTTER (BUTYRIC ACID, VALERIANIC ACID))), WATER, SALT, SUGAR, XANTHAN GUM, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), YELLOW COLORING (SODIUM CHLORIDE (AS EXCIPIENT), COLORANTS (YELLOW # 5, YELLOW # 6, BLUE # 1, BLUE # 2, RED # 3, RED # 5 AND RED # 6)), MILK. FILLING: WATER, BEEF, ONION, GREEN ONION, POTATO, TOASTED BREADCRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, IODIZED SALT AND ASCORBIC ACID AS PRESERVATIVE), SEASONING MIX (DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (GARLIC AND ONION), SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, AND TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT)), BEEF BROTH (IODIZED SALT, CORN STARCH, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SUGAR, BEEF, BEEF FAT, MALTODEXTRIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, ONION, SILICON DIOXIDE, YEAST EXTRACT, ARTIFICIAL BEEF FLAVORING, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC, WATER, TURMERIC COLOR, CITRIC ACID, PEPPER, NUTMEG), HABANERO CHILI, THYME, ONION POWDER, ALLSPICE, GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, RED PEPPER.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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