Oriental, Mexican & Ethnic Sauces · barcode 00041501801000
Mild Ranch Taco Sauce
Ortega · B&G Foods, 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 oriental, mexican & ethnic sauces show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). 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 oriental, mexican & ethnic sauces
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 15 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 980 g (35 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.6 kg (10 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):10% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 3.5 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.9 kg (22 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% 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 Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 3 of 3, average 19.7, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, soy: found in 3 of 3, average 10.9, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tomato salsa, bottled: found in 19 of 20, average 4.93, highest 19 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, CANOLA OIL, DISTILLED VINEGAR, TOMATO PUREE, SUGAR, BUTTERMILK, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DRIED ONION, DRIED GARLIC, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, SPICES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, XANTHAN GUM, DRIED GREEN CHILI PEPPER, DRIED CHIPOTLE PEPPER, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS)
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.