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Rust Belt Pepper Roasted Mediterranean Pepper Relish, Spicy

Rust Belt Pepper Company · Ketchup, Mustard, BBQ & Cheese Sauce · barcode 00863131000116

What stands out

  • Recall

    FDA recall naming this barcode (Class II, 2016-01-20): The firm was manufacturing acidified foods without a license. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode. Details
  • AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
  • TypicalFDA's tests of ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce show what's typical. See levels

FDA recalls

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)

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)

SWEET ROASTED RED PEPPERS (ROASTED SWEET PEPPERS, WATER, CITRIC ACID, SALT.), TOMATO SAUCE (VINE-RIPENED FRESH TOMATOES, SALT, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, RED PEPPER, NATURALLY DERIVED CITRIC ACID.), CANOLA OIL, CANE SUGAR, GARLIC, VINEGAR, SALT, HABANERO PEPPER.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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