Cake, Cookie & Cupcake Mixes · barcode 00000000545488
Pancake & Waffle Mix, Buttermilk
Trader Joe's · Lawrence Productions, Inc.
- 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 cake, cookie & cupcake mixes show what's typical. See levels
Typical for cake, cookie & cupcake mixes
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Lead: typically 4.01 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 380 g (13 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):26% of a toddler's daily limit7% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 10.1 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.1 kg (13 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):8% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.96 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 1.02 ppb (FDA, 59 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5.2 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 24 kg (53 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Brownie: found in 3 of 3, average 6.7, highest 8.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Brownie: found in 3 of 3, average 21.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Brownie: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Brownie: found in 2 of 3, average 2.27, highest 3.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Brownie: found in 7 of 19, average 1.37, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20, average 1.88, highest 9 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)
WHITE SORGHUM FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, CANE SUGAR, TAPIOCA FLOUR, BUTTERMILK POWDER (MILK), BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, SEA SALT, ORGANIC VANILLA FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.