Heinz USA Country-style Sausage Gravy
Heinz USA · Gravy Mix · barcode 00013000488204
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of gravy mix show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2019-04-01). 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
Typical for gravy mix
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 1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 21 kg (46 lb) a day; an adult at more than 100 kg.One serving (1/4 cup, 60 g, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.2 kg (14 lb) a day; an adult at about 29 kg (64 lb).One serving (1/4 cup, 60 g, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an 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 Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 13 of 20 samples, average 1.69, highest 5 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, COOKED PORK SAUSAGE WITH CARAMEL COLOR ADDED (PORK, WATER, SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, CARAMEL COLOR), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CREAM, WHEAT FLOUR, BUTTER (CREAM SALT), SALT, SUGAR, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), NON FAT DRY MILK, SPICE, YEAST EXTRACT, PORK STOCK, PORK, PORK FAT, GLUTAMIC ACID, FLAVOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2019-04-01. Labels change; check the package.