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Cucina Creamy Italian Dressing, Creamy Italian

La Collina Toscana Inc. · Salad Dressing & Mayonnaise · barcode 00808772062246

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Titanium dioxide, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: Not allowed in the EU since 2022. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of salad dressing & mayonnaise show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). 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 salad dressing & mayonnaise

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 Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.93, highest 5.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12.6, highest 17 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.27, highest 2.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.73, highest 7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Mayonnaise: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, ranch, low-calorie: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.83, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Salad dressing, ranch, regular: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.23, highest 3.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Mayonnaise, regular, bottled: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Salad dressing, Italian, regular: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 4 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, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, NON-HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM (A NATURAL FOOD FIBER), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (WHITE COLOR), DRIED EGG YOLKS, POTASSIUM SORBATE & SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVES, GARLIC EXTRACT, DRIED RED BELL PEPPER, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT QUALITY), LEMON OIL.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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