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Walden Farms Creamy Bacon Sugar Free Dressing, Creamy Bacon

PANOS Brands LLC · Salad Dressing & Mayonnaise · barcode 00072457220553

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 3 (erythrosine) and Titanium dioxide, which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022; US (FDA) ban from 2027. 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 2022-05-23). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Sucralose.
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Titanium dioxide.
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Sucralose.
  • 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 Red No. 3 (erythrosine), Sucralose.

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
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) 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

Titanium dioxide (E171)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
  • EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) Source

Sucralose (E955)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. 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)

TRIPLE FILTERED PURIFIED WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, DIJON MUSTARD (MUSTARD SEED, VINEGAR, WHITE WINE, WATER, SALT, SPICES), ORGANIC APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, ORGANIC WHITE VINEGAR, IMITATION BACON BITS (TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, CARAMEL COLOR, FD&C RED #3), SALT, XANTHAN GUM, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, VEGETABLE FIBER, GARLIC POWDER, POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), SODIUM BENZOATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), BLACK PEPPER, BETA CAROTENE COLOR, SUCRALOSE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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