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Other Cooking Sauces · barcode 00070670601098

Bearnaise Sauce

Reese · World Finer 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 other cooking sauces 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

Typical for other cooking sauces

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 Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sauce, tomato, pasta: 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)
  • Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 3 of 3, average 24.3, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sauce, tomato, pasta: 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)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 2 of 3, average 3.1, highest 5.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, pasta: 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)

WATER, MARGARINE (LIQUID SOYBEAN OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN), EGG YOLKS, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, LEMON CONCENTRATE, SPICES, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), NATURAL FLAVORS.

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

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