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Ketchup, Mustard, BBQ & Cheese Sauce · barcode 00792080001984

Secret Steak Sauce

Jim's Steak House · Pellicano Specialty Food Distributors

  • 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 ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce 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.

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

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.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 5.83, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Ketchup, tomato: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 34.7, highest 38 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Tomato catsup: found in 3 of 20, average 0.22, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Yellow mustard: found in 10 of 19, average 0.88, highest 2 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)

BLENDED OIL (SOYBEAN OIL, OLIVE OIL), WATER, BANANA PEPPERS, (PEPPERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, FLAVORING, TURMERIC), VINEGAR, CHILI POWDER, SEASONED SALT, GARLIC, DEHYDRATED EGG WHITES, DEHYDRATED WHOLE EGGS, SALT, CITRIC ACID, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, SUGAR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), XANTHAN GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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