Canned Tuna · barcode 00748485100142
Century, Mechado Style Tuna
Century · Century Canning Corporation
- 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 canned tuna show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Canthaxanthin (E161g)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E161g. Only in a few specific foods. (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 canned tuna
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 21 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 590 mL (2½ cups) a day; an adult at about 2.8 L (11¾ cups).One serving (1 cup):40% of a toddler's daily limit9% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 220 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.5 mL (under ¼ cup) a day; an adult at about 30 mL (¼ cup).One serving (1 cup):▲ 37× a toddler's daily limit▲ 7.9× a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1,200 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1,200, highest 1,400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tuna, canned in water, drained: found in 8 of 20, average 3.51, highest 29 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)
WATER, TUNA FLAKES, POTATOES, TOMATO PASTE, GREEN PEAS, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, CARROTS, VINEGAR, SALT, THICKENERS (CORNSTARCH, XANTHAN GUM), SEASONINGS (ONION, GARLIC, BLACK PEPPER, BAY LEAF), ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (BEEF, TUNA) AND CANTHAXANTHIN.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.