Ketchup, Mustard, BBQ & Cheese Sauce · barcode 00028618020104

Etouffee Sauce, Etouffee

Southern Seasoning · Southern Seasonings, Inc.

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-04-27). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Partially hydrogenated oils

US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) 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

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

Typical for ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce

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

Lead: typically 8.15 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 240 g (8.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 970 g (34 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
41% of a toddler's daily limit
10% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 15.9 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 970 g (34 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
10% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 4.75 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 5.83, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Ketchup, tomato: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 34.7, highest 38 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Tomato catsup: found in 3 of 20, average 0.22, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Yellow mustard: found in 10 of 19, average 0.88, highest 2 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, ROUX [ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL], CHICKEN BASE [SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CORN STARCH, HYDROLYZED SOY, CORN AND WHEAT PROTEIN WITH PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COTTONSEED AND/OR SOYBEAN OILS), CHICKEN FAT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, SILICON DIOXIDE (TO PREVENT CAKING), ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, DRIED ONION, TURMERIC, SPICES, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE], TOMATO PASTE, BUTTER FLAVORED OIL [PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE AND BETA CAROTENE (COLORS)], ONION, DRIED BELL PEPPERS, LECITHIN, GARLIC POWDER, DRIED CELERY, SPICES, ONION POWDER, PAPRIKA, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES),

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-04-27. Labels change; check the package.

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