Confectionery Products · barcode 00000050000272
Trident Splash Gum Pepermint Sugar Free
- 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 confectionery products show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2020-02-27). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
Aspartame (E951)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E951. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
Acesulfame potassium (E950)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E950. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 confectionery products
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 9 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.8 kg (17 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):6% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 4.8 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 4.05 ppb (FDA, 59 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a 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 Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 7.93, highest 8.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 3 of 3, average 15.7, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, with nuts: found in 2 of 3, average 3.63, highest 7.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 2 of 3, average 2.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Candy, hard: found in 3 of 3, average 13, highest 15 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Candy bar, chocolate, nougat, and nuts: found in 15 of 20, average 2.52, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 19 of 20, average 8.92, highest 15 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Candy, hard, any flavor: found in 1 of 19, average 0.47, 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)
Sweeteners (maltitol, sorbitol, maltitol syrup, sorbitol syrup, aspartame, acesulfame K), gum base, flavourings, humectant (glycerol), gelatine (bovine), colours (E171, E133), emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), glazing agent (carnauba wax), thickener (E466).Excessive consumption may produce laxative effects. Contains a source of phenylalanine..
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.