Ah-so Chinese Style Sweet-&-tangy Dipping Sauce, Chinese Style
Edlin Foods · Ketchup, Mustard, BBQ & Cheese Sauce · barcode 00073992001256
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Red No. 3 (erythrosine) and Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027; 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: US (FDA) ban from 2027; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine).
- 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 all of them.
- 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 all of them.
- 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: 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 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.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
Only the shared rules above.
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
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 8.15 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 240 g (8.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 970 g (34 oz).One serving (2 tbsp, 37 g, from the label):15% of a toddler's daily limit4% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 15.9 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 970 g (34 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb).One serving (2 tbsp, 37 g, from the label):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 4.75 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.83, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Ketchup, tomato: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 20.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 34.7, highest 38 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27 samples, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tomato catsup: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.22, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Yellow mustard: found in 10 of 19 samples, average 0.88, highest 2 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)
SUGAR, WATER, WHITE VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MISO (WATER, FERMENTED SOYBEANS, RICE AND SALT) TOMATO PASTE, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN, SOY SAUCE, SPICES, FD&C RED #40, FD&C RED #3, FD&C YELLOW #5.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.