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Food Partners Limited · Frozen Snack · barcode 09421009434022

What stands out

Nothing stands out: no published lab test names this product, no FDA recall lists its barcode and no ingredient on file is banned anywhere we track. Not tested is not the same as clean.

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
TypicalFDA's tests of frozen snack show what's typical. See levels

Typical for frozen snack

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 28.8 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 490 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.3 kg (5.1 lb).
One serving (105 g, from the label):
22% of a toddler's daily limit
5% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 44.7 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.1 kg (20 lb).
One serving (105 g, from the label):
5% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of an adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

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 Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.56, highest 15 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 Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 57.9, highest 100 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 Potatoes, French fries, 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 Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 23 of 27 samples, average 3.97, highest 6.4 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)
Perchlorate in Potato, french-fried, fast-food: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 6.68, highest 19 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)

Pasta (Wheat Flour, Water), Water, Cheese Sauce (Milk Solids, Thickeners (1442, 412), Maltodextrin (Maize), Non-Dairy Creamer (Tapioca Syrup, Vegetable Oil (Palm), Emulsifiers (469, 471), Anticaking Agent), Milk Powder, Cheese Powder (Milk), Salt, Onion Powder, Flavour (Milk), Mineral Salts (340, 451, 452), Yeast Extract, Sugar, Flavour Enhancer, Colours (Turmeric, Carotene), Spice Extracts), Batter (Water, Wheat Flour, Starch (Maize), Salt, Thickeners (401, 464)), Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast, Mineral Salt, Enzymes, Acidity Regulators (300, 263), Natural Colour), Veal Bacon (Beef, Water, Salt, Sugar, Thickener, Mineral Salts (451, 452, 500), Antioxidant, Preservative), Cheese (Milk, Preservative, Anticaking Agent, Salt, Emulsifiers (450, 452), Acidity Regulator), Cheese Powder (Milk, Acidity Regulator), Onions, Vegetable Oil, Chives , Pepper , Flavour

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

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