Fairfield Farms Sausage & Buttermilk Biscuits Sandwiches, Sausage&buttermilk Biscuits

Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches, Biscuits & Meals · barcode 08565990085847

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which is banned or not approved in West Virginia from 2028-01-01. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-07-13). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
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
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
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

Bleached flour

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source
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
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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
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
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
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

Typical for frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & meals

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 15.9 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 940 g (33 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).
One serving (2 sandwiches, 91 g, from the label):
10% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 3.63 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.42, highest 6.8 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 3 of 27, average 0.79, highest 9.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 19.4, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 27 of 27, average 28.6, highest 39 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 13.3, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Biscuits, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 6.9, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Eggs, hard-boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 26 of 27, average 5.06, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Eggs, boiled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.09, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in English muffin, plain, toasted: found in 15 of 20, average 5.36, highest 34.6 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Pancakes, frozen, heated: found in 16 of 20, average 2.81, highest 6 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)

BUTTERMILK BISCUIT: WHEAT FLOUR, BLEACHED, ENRICHED, (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), SHORTENING (PALM OLL, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, AND BETA CAROTENE), PALM OIL, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SALT, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SUGAR, CALCIUM PROPLONATE, YEAST, BUTTERMILK (CULTURED NOFAT MILK, CORN STARCH, BALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D 3). SAUSAGE: PORK, WATER, SEASONING (SALT, SPICES, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS. BUGAR, DEXTROSE, SOYBEAN OLL, BHA, BHT, PROPLY GALLATE, CITRIC ACID), SODIUM PHOSPHATES.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-07-13. Labels change; check the package.

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