Prepared Subs & Sandwiches · barcode 00677684412537

Tuna Salad On Wheat Sandwich, Tuna Salad

Brown Bag Sandwich Co. · Fresh Grill, LLC

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 prepared subs & sandwiches show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-06-29). 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 prepared subs & sandwiches

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 18.6 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 780 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.6 kg (7.9 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
13% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 5.31 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
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: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 5 of 27, average 0.91, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
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)
Cadmium in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27, average 24.6, highest 37 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)
Mercury in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 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)
Arsenic (total) in Bread, white roll/bun (hamburger/hotdog): found in 27 of 27, average 5.74, highest 9.3 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)
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)

TUNA (YELLOWFIN TUNA, WATER, VEGETABLE BROTH (CARROTS AND PEAS EXTRACTS) SALT), MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR, EGGS, WATER, SALT, EGG YOLKS, SUGAR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONIONS, NATURAL FLAVOR), CELERY, BREAD CRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT), GREEN RELISH (PICKLES [CUCUMBERS, WATER, SALT, VINEGAR, CALCIUM CHLORIDE], HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CABBAGE, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, SALT, DEXTROSE, ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL FLAVORING, DEHYDRATED RED PEPPERS, TURMERIC OLEORESIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE, POLYSORBATE 80.), LEMON JUICE, SALT, BLACK PEPPER), WHEAT BREAD (ENRICHED BLEACHER FLOUR [BLEACH WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, ASCORBIC ACID ADDED AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, LIQUID SUGAR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, FULLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS, YEAST, CRACKED WHEAT, ROLLED OATS, CRUSHED WHEAT, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, WHEAT BRAN, OAT BRAN, SOY LECITHIN, CARAMEL COLOR, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ASCORBIC ACIDD ENZYMES).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.

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