Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes · barcode 00888109012021
Cookies 'N Creme Brownies, Cookies 'N Creme
Hostess · Hostess Brands, LLC
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
- Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2018-09-05 · Class II · Terminated The product ingredients statement declares egg ingredients, but the "Contains" statement fails to declare egg.Hostess Brands, LLC: Hostess Brownies Cookies 'n Cr¿me packaged in the following ways: 1) 6 Brownies individually wrapped packaged in a cardboard box Net Wt. 8.68 OZ (246 g) UPC 888109113575; 2) 2 Brownies packaged in a cardboard box Net Wt. 2.89 OZ (82 g) UPC 888109012021 FDA record F-1901-2018
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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
Bleached flour
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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
Sodium lauryl sulfate
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it in limited uses. 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 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 3.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 380 g (13 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):26% of a toddler's daily limit7% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 9.7 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.4 kg (14 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):7% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 1.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 21 kg (46 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 8.92, highest 16 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cake, white with white icing: found in 9 of 27, average 2.56, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 27 of 27, average 17.6, highest 40 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cake, white with white icing: found in 27 of 27, average 4.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 9 of 27, average 0.45, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cake, white with white icing: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cake, chocolate with chocolate icing: found in 25 of 27, average 3.6, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cake, white with white icing: found in 10 of 27, average 1.72, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Cake, chocolate w/ icing: found in 12 of 20, average 2.76, highest 14 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cake, white w/ icing (formerly yellow cake): found in 12 of 20, average 1.88, highest 9 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)
SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA, WHEY (MILK), NONFAT DRY MILK, PALM OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: WATER, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE OR REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SOY LECITHIN, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, GLYCERIN, COTTONSEED OIL, SOY FLOUR, EGG WHITES, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, EGG, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, BAKING SODA, ENZYMES, PEANUT FLOUR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.