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Knorr Tomato Bouillon With Chicken Flavor, Tomato With Chicken

Unilever Bestfoods North America · Seasoning Mixes, Salts, Marinades & Tenderizers · barcode 00048001011571

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product. Same brand, tested
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. 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 2022-12-22). 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.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 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.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

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 sample, all below 10 ppb (2020)
  • Lead in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 10 ppb (2020)
  • Cadmium in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Cadmium in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Mercury in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Mercury in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 7 ppb (2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, 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.

Different items from the same brand that a lab has tested. Not this exact product.

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, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CORN STARCH, SUGAR, PALM OIL, TOMATO POWDER, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CHICKEN FAT, CITRIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, POWDERED COOKED CHICKEN, CARAMEL COLOR (CONTAINS SULFITES), DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, SILICON DIOXIDE (PREVENTS CAKING), TURMERIC (COLOR), ANNATTO (COLOR), DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, RED 40.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.

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