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Seasoning Mixes, Salts, Marinades & Tenderizers · barcode 00041258081502

Instant Bouillon Powder, Beef

Wyler's · Wyler Foods/division Of Borden

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of seasoning mixes, salts, marinades & tenderizers show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). 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

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (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
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (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 seasoning mixes, salts, marinades & tenderizers

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1, all below 10 ppb (2020)
  • Lead in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1, all below 10 ppb (2020)
  • Cadmium in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Cadmium in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Mercury in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Mercury in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1, all below 7 ppb (2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1, all below 7 ppb (2020)

"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)

SALT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BEEF FLAVOR (HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BEEF FLAVOR [WITH BUTTERFAT], AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, LACTIC ACID, DEXTROSE, CALCIUM LACTATE, BEEF FAT, ONION POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), ONION POWDER, BEEF FAT (BEEF FAT, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), NATURAL BEEF TYPE FLAVOR (HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEXTROSE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL), DRIED BEEF STOCK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: BEEF FLAVOR (NATURAL BEEF FLAVOR, SALT, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, ALPHA TOCOPHEROL), SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (HYDROLYZED CORN, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, SOY PROTEIN), CARAMEL COLOR (CONTAINS SULFITES), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, GARLIC POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, SALT BLEND (SALT, SPICE EXTRACTIVE), CELERY EXTRACT (SOYBEAN OIL, CELERY EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR), BEET POWDER.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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