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Morgan Interactive, Inc. · Ketchup, Mustard, BBQ & Cheese Sauce · barcode 00766897092343

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-12-22). 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.
California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to all of them.
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. Applies to all of them.
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Lead: typically 8.15 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 240 g (8.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 970 g (34 oz).
One serving (1 tbsp, 15 g, from the label):
6% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 15.9 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 970 g (34 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb).
One serving (1 tbsp, 15 g, from the label):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 4.75 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 5.83, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Ketchup, tomato: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 20.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 34.7, highest 38 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27 samples, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Tomato catsup: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.22, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Yellow mustard: found in 10 of 19 samples, average 0.88, highest 2 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, SOYBEAN OIL, CUCUMBERS, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, TOMATO PASTE, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PEPPERS, SALT, CHIPOTLE PEPPERS. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, WHOLE EGG, CORN SYRUP, DRIED RED CHILI PEPPERS, SMOKED PAPRIKA, SPICES, HABANERO POWDER, CHILI POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, CHIPOTLE POWDER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, POTASSIUM METABISULFITE (PRESERVATIVES), YELLOW #5, BLUE #1, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.

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