Biscuits Plain/Sweet · barcode 09418377002465

Mrs Higgins Classics Anzac Cookies 350g

Mrs Higgins · Mrs Higgins (2004) Limited

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
TypicalFDA's tests of biscuits plain/sweet show what's typical. See levels

Typical for biscuits plain/sweet

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

Cadmium: typically 35.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 420 g (15 oz) a day; an adult at about 2 kg (4.4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
24% of a toddler's daily limit
5% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 1.87 ppb (FDA, 79 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.8 kg (6.2 lb) a day; an adult at about 13 kg (29 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% 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 Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3, average 7.57, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, graham: found in 1 of 3, average 2.5, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 3 of 3, average 48.3, highest 68 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cookies, sugar: found in 3 of 3, average 15.7, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, graham: found in 3 of 3, average 43.3, highest 49 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 1 of 3, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cookies, chocolate chip: found in 2 of 3, average 3.43, highest 5.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cookies, sugar: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Chocolate chip cookies: found in 6 of 20, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20, average 10.2, highest 37 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, graham: found in 8 of 20, average 1.34, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Sugar cookies: found in 13 of 19, average 3.07, highest 15.4 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)

Wheat & Wholemeal Flour, Sugar, Oats, Margarine (Vegetable Oil, Water, Salt, Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin, Mono- and Diglycerides), Antioxidant (Alpha Tocopherol), Flavour, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Colour (Carotenes), Desiccated Coconut, Golden Syrup, Water, Treacle, Raising Agent (Baking Soda))

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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