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Great Value Country Sausage Gravy, Country Sausage

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Gravy Mix · barcode 00078742126050

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which is banned or not approved in EU from 2022-08-07. Details

  • 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 gravy mix 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.

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
  • 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

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 gravy mix

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 2 of 3, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.69, highest 5 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, COOKED SAUSAGE CRUMBLES (PORK, WATER, SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SUGAR, SPICES, CORNSTARCH, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), NATURAL FLAVOUR, LACTIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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