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The Hvr Company · Salad Dressing & Mayonnaise · barcode 00071100010268

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of salad dressing & mayonnaise show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • 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: 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.
  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).
  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).
  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).

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

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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

Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source

Typical for salad dressing & mayonnaise

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

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.93, highest 5.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12.6, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.27, highest 2.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.73, highest 7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.83, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.23, highest 3.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Mayonnaise, regular, bottled: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 4 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN), SOYBEAN OIL SOY FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, DRIED ONION, YEAST, DEXTROSE, SPICES AND COLORING, LESS THAN 1% OF: WHEY, DRIED GARLIC, TOMATO POWDER, NONFAT MILK, AUTOLYZED YEAST, SUGAR, CORN FLOUR, CORN STARCH, CALCIUM SULFATE, NATURAL FLAVORS (SOY), CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, CARAMEL COLOR, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID AS PRESERVATIVES, YELLOW 6, RED 3, TORTULA YEAST.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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