Sushi Sara Japanese Bagel Roll, Japanese Bagel

Gavin & Bailey Consulting Firm LLC · Sushi · barcode 00858653007071

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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 sushi show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-05-23). 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 with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to all of them.
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 all of them.
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.
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 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.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for sushi

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

Cadmium: typically 3.45 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.8 kg (6.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 13 kg (29 lb).
One serving (262 grm, 262 g, from the label):
9% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an adult's daily limit
Mercury: typically 15.5 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 87 g (3.1 oz) a day; an adult at about 410 g (14 oz).
One serving (262 grm, 262 g, from the label):
▲ 3× a toddler's daily limit
● 64% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 211 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27 samples, average 4.87, highest 28 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 6.54, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 13 of 27 samples, average 1.6, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 18 of 27 samples, average 5.69, highest 36 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.05, highest 1.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 20.8, highest 46 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 7.19, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 44.8, highest 75 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 376, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 358, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1,200, highest 1,400 ppb (2018-2020)
Inorganic arsenic in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 41.6, highest 41.6 ppb (2019)
Perchlorate in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.55, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.88, highest 12.1 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Shrimp, boiled: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 36, highest 147 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Tuna, canned in water, drained: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 3.51, highest 29 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Inorganic arsenic. 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)

COOKED RICE (MILLED RICE, WATER, SUSHI VINEGAR [SUGAR, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT]), SMOKED SALMON (SALMON, SALT, SUGAR, YELLOW 6, RED 40, NATURAL SMOKE), AVOCADO, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS (XANTHAN, CAROB BEAN AND/OR GUARGUMS]), PICKLED GINGER (GINGER, WATER, SALT, SUGAR, VINEGAR), WASABI (HORSERADISH MUSTARD, SPIRULINA), SESAME SEEDS (BLACK SESAME SEEDS, WHITE SESAME SEEDS), SEAWEED.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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