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Nut & Seed Butters · barcode 08710573441774

Nusco, Hazelnut Chocolate Spread

Nusco

  • 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 nut & seed butters show what's typical. See levels
  • Others2 other nut & seed butters products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2019-04-01). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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
  • 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

Typical for nut & seed butters

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Peanut butter, creamy: found in 3 of 3, average 5.63, highest 6.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Peanut butter, creamy: found in 3 of 3, average 52.3, highest 60 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Peanut butter, creamy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Peanut butter, creamy: found in 3 of 3, average 7.97, highest 9.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Peanut butter, creamy: found in 2 of 20, average 0.1, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)

"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)

SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL AND FAT (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED), HAZELNUTS (10%), LOW FAT COCOA POWDER, SKIMMED MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER, SOY POWDER, EMULSIFIER: SOY LECITHIN, AROMA.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2019-04-01. Labels change; check the package.

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