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Ott's Poppy Seed Fat Free Dressing, Poppy Seed

Ott Food Products LLC · Salad Dressing & Mayonnaise · barcode 00041423013420

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of salad dressing & mayonnaise show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • 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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for salad dressing & mayonnaise

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.93, highest 5.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12.6, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.27, highest 2.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.73, highest 7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.83, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.23, highest 3.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Mayonnaise, regular, bottled: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 4 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, GRANULATED SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLWING: GARLIC*, ONION*, SPICES, POPPY SEEDS, SALT, AUTOLYZED YEAST, XANTHAN GUM, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), FD&C YELLOW #5 AND BLUE #1, DISODIUM CLACIUM EDTA TO PROTECT FLAVOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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