Pepperoni, Salami & Cold Cuts · barcode 00044700010419

Original Pickle & Pimiento Loaf, Original Pickle & Pimiento

Oscar Mayer · Kraft Heinz Foods Company

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient has a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of pepperoni, salami & cold cuts show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-11-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Potassium aluminum sulfate (E522)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E522. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 pepperoni, salami & cold cuts

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 0.583 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 13 kg (29 lb) a day; an adult at about 59 kg (130 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 16 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 160 g (5.6 oz) a day; an adult at about 740 g (26 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
● 63% of a toddler's daily limit
14% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Salami, dry/hard: found in 1 of 27, average 0.18, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Salami, dry/hard: found in 10 of 27, average 0.54, highest 2.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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)

MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, PORK, WATER, SWEET PICKLE (CUCUMBERS, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVORING, POTASSIUM ALUM, POLYSORBATE 80), CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PIMENTOS, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF GROUND MUSTARD SEED, DEXTROSE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM PROPIONATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FLAVOR, SODIUM NITRITE, OLIVES (WATER, PIMENTOS, SALT, GUAR GUM, SODIUM ALGINATE), CELERY SEED EXTRACT.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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