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Sushi Sara Tornado Imitation Crab Salad, Cucumber And Avocado Rolled In Seaweed And Sushi Rice. Topped With Tuna, Salmon And Jalapeno. Served With Yummi Spicy Mayo And Chili Sauce. Garnished With Ginger, Wasabi And Soy Sauce. Roll, Tornado

Gavin & Bailey Consulting Firm LLC · Sushi · barcode 00858653007125

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) 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 sushi show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-12-22). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Aspartame.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, 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)

Only the shared rules above.

Aspartame (E951)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source

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.

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]), IMITATION CRAB SALAD (IMITATION CRAB MEAT [POLLOCK, WATER, PEA STARCH, SUGAR, SORBITOL, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, CONTAINS 29 OR LESS OF: CRABMEAT, BLUE AND SNOW CRAB EXTRACT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL LOBSTER FLAVORS, FISH OIL (ANCHOVIES, SARDINES), RICE WINE (WATER, RICE, KOJI RICE), EGG WHITES, SEA SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, CARMINE AND PAPRIKA (COLOR), MAYONNAISE[SOYBEAN OIL, EGG YOLKS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, EGG WHITES, WATER, CONTAINS 2 OR LESS OF: SALT, SPICE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA {TO PROTECT FLAVOR}]), SALMON, AVOCADO, CUCUMBER, TUNA, WASABI (WASABI POWDER (HORSERADISH, MUSTARD, CORN FLOUR, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), YELLOW 5, BLUE 1], WATER), PICKLED GINGER (GINGER, WATER, SORBITOL, SALT, CITRIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, MALIC ACID, ASPARTAME [CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE], POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], SACCHARIN), JALAPENO, YUMMI SPICY MAYO (SOYBEAN OIL, SRIRACHA HOT CHILI SAUCE [CHILI PEPPER, VINEGAR, GARLIC, SUGAR, SALT, WATER, NATURAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVE], SUGAR, EGG YOLKS, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WHOLE EGGS, PAPRIKA, SALT, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, XANTHAN GUM, EXTRACTS OF PAPRIKA, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [TO PROTECT QUALITY]), SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), CHILI SAUCE (CHILI, SUGAR, SALT, GARLIC, DISTILLED VINEGAR,POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BISULFITE [PRESERVATIVES), XANTHAN GUM), SEAWEED.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.

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