Gravy Mix · barcode 00070292160294

Country Gravy Mix

Southeastern Mills · Southeastern Mills Inc.

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 gravy mix show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-11-16). 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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
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
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
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (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

Bleached flour

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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

Typical for gravy mix

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

Cadmium: typically 1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 21 kg (46 lb) a day; an adult at more than 100 kg.
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.2 kg (14 lb) a day; an adult at about 29 kg (64 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% 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 Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 2 of 3, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.69, highest 5 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)

PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BUTTERMILK, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, YEAST EXTRACT, SUGAR, CHICKEN FAT, SPICES, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM CASEINATE, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN AND SOY PROTEIN, SODIUM CITRATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SOY FLOUR, NATURAL FLAVORS INCLUDING SMOKE, DRIED CHICKEN MEAT, TURMERIC, GARLIC POWDER, CARRAGEENAN, ARTIFICIAL COLOR INCLUDING FD&C YELLOW NO. 5 AND NO. 6, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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