Vlasic Squeezable Homestyle Sweet Relish - 9 Oz

Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · barcode 00054100018205

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of pickles/relishes/chutneys/olives show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2026-04-23). 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.
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. 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 pickles/relishes/chutneys/olives

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

Cadmium: typically 0.55 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 27 kg (60 lb) a day; an adult at more than 100 kg.
One serving (15 g, from the label):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 1.03 ppb (FDA, 39 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 23 kg (51 lb).
One serving (15 g, from the label):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an 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 Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 4.6, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1.13, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Olives, black, pitted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Black olives: found in 4 of 19 samples, average 0.95, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Dill cucumber pickles: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 3.19, highest 13 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)

CUCUMBERS, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, XANTHAN AND GUAR GUMS, SPICE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ALUM, DEHYDRATED RED PEPPER, NATURAL FLAVOR, POLYSORBATE 80, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2026-04-23. Labels change; check the package.

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