Other Cooking Sauces · barcode 07469395510038

Garlic Paste, Garlic

Constanza

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 other cooking sauces 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.

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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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
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
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

Typical for other cooking sauces

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: typically 6.98 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 280 g (9.9 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
35% of a toddler's daily limit
9% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 13.7 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.2 kg (11 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
9% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 4.65 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.2 kg (14 lb) a day; an adult at about 29 kg (64 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 2 of 3, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 3 of 3, average 24.3, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: 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)
Mercury in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: 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)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 2 of 3, average 3.1, highest 5.7 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.69, highest 5 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)

MINCE GARLIC, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CORN STARCH, ACETIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FG), SODIUM BISULFITE AND BHT.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.

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