Grain Based Products / Meals · barcode 00015300013285
Pasta Roni Parmesan Cheese 10.2 Ounce Paper Box
Pasta Roni · Pepsico Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives3 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of grain based products / meals 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.
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
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
Typical for grain based products / meals
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 6.51 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.4 kg (21 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 50.7 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Inorganic arsenic: typically 41.6 ppb (FDA, 1 samples, 2019).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 22 g (0.78 oz) a day; an adult at about 100 g (3.5 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):▲ 4.6× a toddler's daily limit● 99% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.67, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Quinoa, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 11.2, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 7.98, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 6.54, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Quinoa, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 8 of 27, average 0.36, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 27, average 0.05, highest 1.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.33, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 64.3, highest 88 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 44.8, highest 75 ppb (2017-2020)
- Inorganic arsenic in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 1, average 41.6, highest 41.6 ppb (2019)
- Perchlorate in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 3 of 20, average 0.55, highest 6 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)
WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM OIL**, SALT, WHEY, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, CORN SYRUP*, PALM OIL, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CULTURED NONFAT BUTTERMILK, PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM CASEINATE, PARSLEY*, ONIONS*, NATURAL FLAVOR, SPICES*, LACTIC ACID, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, SOY LECITHIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 6, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID. *DRIED. **ADDS A DIETARILY INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRANS FAT.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.