Oriental, Mexican & Ethnic Sauces · barcode 00072878670258
Herdez, Green Chili Enchilada Sauce
Herdez · Herdez S.A.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives3 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of oriental, mexican & ethnic sauces 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.
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. 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
- 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
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
Typical for oriental, mexican & ethnic sauces
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 15 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 980 g (35 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.6 kg (10 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):10% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 3.5 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.9 kg (22 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% 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 Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 3 of 3, average 19.7, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, soy: found in 3 of 3, average 10.9, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tomato salsa, bottled: found in 19 of 20, average 4.93, highest 19 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, GREEN CHILIES (CONTAINS CITRIC ACID), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OF LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, SEASONING (SALT, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED,SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS, CORN STARCH, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, DEHYDRATED ONION, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN [SOY FLOUR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, NATURAL FLAVORING, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE], YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, SPICE, SOYBEAN OIL, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, CITRIC ACID, ANNATTO, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5), SUGAR, FRESH JALAPENO PEPPERS, CITRIC ACID, ONION POWDER, SPICE, GARLIC POWDER, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.