Chili & Stew · barcode 00075500000102
Chili Sauce
Texas Pete · T. W. Garner Food Company, 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 chili & stew 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
Typical for chili & stew
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 6.25 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.4 kg (19 lb).One serving (1 teaspoon):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1.65 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 21 kg (46 lb).One serving (1 teaspoon):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 3 of 3, average 10.3, highest 20 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Soup, vegetable beef, canned, ready to serve: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 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, SOY GRITS, TOMATO PASTE, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR, SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL), ONION POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, GARLIC POWDER, SOY LECITHIN.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.