Dandee Foods Smothered Sawmill Gravy & Sausage Breakfast Biscuit, Smothered Sausage
Dandee Foods · Gravy Mix · barcode 00705432013412
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. 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 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), DATEM, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
- 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 BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
- 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 BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Bleached flour, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- 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
Bleached flour
Only the shared rules above.
DATEM (E472e)
Only the shared rules above.
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
Only the shared rules above.
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.
- Cadmium: typically 1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 21 kg (46 lb) a day; an adult at more than 100 kg.One serving (204 grm, 204 g, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.2 kg (14 lb) a day; an adult at about 29 kg (64 lb).One serving (204 grm, 204 g, from the label):3% 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 Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 13 of 20 samples, 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)
SAUSAGE GRAVY: WATER, PORK, SOYBEAN OIL, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, SUGAR, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MALTODEXTRIN, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BLACK PEPPER, CARAMEL COLOR, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, FLAVOR, SOUTHERN STYLE BISCUIT: ENRICHED FLOUR BLEACHED (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, PALM OIL, PALMKERNEL OIL, BUTTERMILK, SUGAR, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, DATEM, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE, NONFAT MILK, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY, SODIUM CASEINATE, CREAM, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SAUSAGE PATTIE: PORK, WATER, SEASONING (SALT, SPICES, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, BHA, BHT, PROPYL GALLATE, CITRIC ACID), SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CARAMEL COLOR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.