Vegetable & Cooking Oils · barcode 08699443801217
Pure Sunflower Oil
Allegro
- 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 vegetable & cooking oils show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2020-02-27). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- 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
- 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
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 vegetable & cooking oils
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 5 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Olive oil: found in 1 of 20, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Vegetable oil: found in 3 of 20, average 0.85, highest 13 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)
PURE SUNFLOWER OIL, ANTIOXIDANT: BHA + BHT (E320, E321).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2020-02-27. Labels change; check the package.