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Cheese/Cheese Substitutes · barcode 10035038046550

Cheddar Cheese Jalapeno Snappers 4655

Riverside Foods

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cheese/cheese substitutes show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (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

Typical for cheese/cheese substitutes

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 Cheese, American, processed: found in 1 of 3, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 2.8, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 3 of 27, average 0.23, highest 2.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, American, processed: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 8.2, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, American, processed: found in 20 of 20, average 12, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, Swiss, natural: found in 18 of 20, average 5.14, highest 17 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Cheese, cheddar, natural (sharp/mild): found in 18 of 20, average 7.05, highest 69 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)

Jalapeno Peppers (Jalapeno Peppers, Water, Salt, Acetic Acid and Calcium Chloride). Stuffed with Pasteurized Process Old English Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Milk, Water, Milkfat, Skim Milk, Sodium Phosphates, Salt, Artificial Color, Enzymes), Sharp Cheddar Cheese Sauce (Water, Cheese Whey, Palm Oil, Modified Tapioca Starch, Modified Corn Starch, Maltodextrin, Sodium Phosphate, Cheddar Cheese {Milk, Cultures, Salt and Enzymes}, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Vinegar, Cirtic Acid, Mono and Diglycerides, Phosphoric Acid, Yeast Extract, Annatto Color, Carotene Color, Paprika Color), Colored Natural Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto), and Cheddar Cheese Powder (Cheddar Cheese {Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes}, Whey, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Yellow 5, Yellow 6). Battered with Water, Bleached Wheat Flour, Modified Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Whey, Dextrose, Cellulose Gum (Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose), Soybean Oil (as a processing aid), Extractives of Tumeric. Breaded with Beached Wheat Flour, Salt, Whey, Canola Oil. Breaded with Dehydrated Potato (Potatoes, Mono and Diglycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Citric Acid), Bleached Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Salt, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6. Battered with Food Starch-Modified, Rice Flour, Tapioca Dextrin, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Xanthan Gum, Salt and Spice Extract.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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