Oriental, Mexican & Ethnic Sauces · barcode 00741643035713
Lowes Foods, Red Enchilada Sauce
Lowes Foods · Lowe's Food Stores, 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 oriental, mexican & ethnic sauces 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 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 (100 g (3½ oz)):10% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 3.5 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.9 kg (22 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a 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, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 3 of 3, average 19.7, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, soy: found in 3 of 3, average 10.9, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, soy: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tomato salsa, bottled: found in 19 of 20, average 4.93, highest 19 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, TOMATO PASTE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% CITRIC ACID, DRIED RED CHILE PEPPER, GARLIC POWDER, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN (WITH PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN] ADDED), ONION POWDER, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, SPICES, SUGAR.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.