Caribbean Dreams Jamaican Pumpkin Flavoured Soup Mix, Pumpkin
Tetley Tea Company Jamaica Ltd. · Seasoning Mixes, Salts, Marinades & Tenderizers · barcode 00749650551011
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 seasoning mixes, salts, marinades & tenderizers show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-06-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to all of them.
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
- 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 all of them.
- 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 all of them.
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
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for seasoning mixes, salts, marinades & tenderizers
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 10 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 10 ppb (2020)
- Lead in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 10 ppb (2020)
- Cadmium in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Cadmium in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Mercury in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Mercury in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salt, iodized: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 7 ppb (2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salt, sea: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 7 ppb (2020)
"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)
NOODLES, (SEMOLINA FLOUR, NIACIN FERROUS SULPHATE, THIAMINE, MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, SUGAR, MODIFIED MAIZE STARCH, POTATO FLOUR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OR SOYBEAN OR SUNFLOWER SEED), DEHYDRATED PUMPKIN (2.7%), SPICES: ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOUR), TURMERIC (COLOUR) DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), SPICES, GUAR GUM (THICKENER), FLAVOURINGS, ANTI-CAKING AGENT CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ANTIOXIDANT, BHA, BHT
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.