House Foods Chinese Mabotofu Sauce, Mild
House Foods Corporation · Oriental, Mexican & Ethnic Sauces · barcode 00077377740648
What stands out
- Recall
FDA recall naming this barcode (Class II, 2019-12-18): Reports of weak seal on pouch that may cause leaking and potential for growth of microorganisms. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode (2019, closed). Details
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of oriental, mexican & ethnic sauces show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2019-12-18 · Class II · Terminated Reports of weak seal on pouch that may cause leaking and potential for growth of microorganisms.House Foods America Corporation: House Foods Chinese Mabo Tofu Sauce, mild; NET WT. 5.29 oz. (150 g) 4 servings UPC: 0 77377 74064 8 Ingredients: Water, Tomato Paste, Soybean paste (soybean, rice, salt, water), monosodium glutamate, garlic, sugar, sesame oil, ginger, spring onion, salt, cornstarch. mirn (glutinous rice, ice, rice alcohol, enzyme [amylase, protease] water), sesame, spices (red pepper, black pepper) doubanjiang (red pepper, fava bean, sugar syrup, salt, alcohol, fermented rice seasoning), autolyzed yeast extract, artificial flavor, xanthan gum, caramel color (may contain sulfites) vinegar, paprika (color). Allergen - Contains: Soy, sesame. Distributed by: House Foods America Corporation 7351 Orangewood Ave., Garden rove, CA 92841 Product of Thailand Recall F-0327-2020 details
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 (38 g, from the label):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an 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 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 19.7, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, soy: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 10.9, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tomato salsa, bottled: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 4.93, highest 19 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)
WATER, TOMATO PASTE, SOYBEAN PASTE (SOYBEAN, RICE, SALT, WATER), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, GARLIC, SUGAR, SESAME OIL, GINGER, SPRING ONION, SALT, CORNSTARCH, MIRIN (GLUTINOUS RICE, RICE, ALCOHOL, ENZYME, WATER), SESAME, SPICES (RED PEPPER, BLACK PEPPER), DOUBANJIANG (RED PEPPER, FAVA BEAN, SUGAR SYRUP, SALT, ALCOHOL, FERMENTED RICE SEASONING), AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, VINEGAR, PAPRIKA COLOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.