Prepared Subs & Sandwiches · barcode 00813141025760

Roast Beef & Cheese Finger Sandwiches

Fresh Creative Cuisine · Fresh Ideation Food Group LLC

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
Recalls2 FDA recalls name this barcode. Details
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

FDA recalls

2023-03-22 · Class I · Terminated On 02/03/2023, FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine of Baltimore, MD is initiating a recall of various products sold from January 24, 2023 through January 30, 2023 because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes .FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine: Quick & Fresh, Roast Beef & Cheese Finger Sandwiches, Net . Wt. 6.5 Oz. Single Serving, Keep refrigerated FDA record F-0207-2024
2023-03-22 · Class I · Terminated On 02/03/2023, FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine of Baltimore, MD is initiating a recall of various products sold from January 24, 2023 through January 30, 2023 because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes .FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine: Fresh Creative Cuisine, Roast Beef & Cheese Finger Sandwiches, Net . Wt. 6.5 Oz. Single Serving, Keep refrigerated FDA record F-0563-2023

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

DATEM (E472e)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472e. (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

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)

ROAST BEEF & CHEESE SLIDER (ROAST BEEF (BEER, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1.5% OF SEA SALT, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BEEF STOCK, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE EXTRACTS, COATED WITH DEXTROSE, ONION, GARLIC, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICES, SEA SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LEMON OIL), POTATO ROLL (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), NONFAT MILK, RECONSTITUTED POTATOES (FROM POTATO FLOUR), YEAST, SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, SUNFLOWER OIL, CONTAINS 2 PERCENT OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, BUTTER, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MONOGLYCERIDES AND DIGLYCERIDES), MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (A PRESERVATIVE), GUAR GUM, ASCORBIC ACID, DATEM, CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES, TURMERIC COLOR, ANNATTO COLOR, SESAME SEEDS), AMERICAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, WATER, CREAM, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, ACETIC ACID, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN)

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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