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Condiments · 0698639025015

Barbecue sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Ammonia caramel).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Celery

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Tomato puree52.4%No flag
  • Water27.4%No flag›
  • Tomato concentrate25%No flag
  • Sugar14.3%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar14.3%No flag›
  • Salt1.5%No flag›
  • Honey1.5%No flag›
  • Brown sugar1.5%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified1.5%No flag›
  • Corn1.5%No flag›
  • Jalapeno pepper1.5%No flag›
  • Cayenne red pepper1.5%No flag
  • Water1.5%No flag›
  • Spice1.5%No flag›
  • Natural smoke flavouring1.5%No flag
  • Molasses1.5%No flag›
  • Corn syrup1.5%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a1.3%No flag
  • Natural flavouring0.6%No flag
  • Garlic0.3%No flag›
  • Dehydrated onion0.2%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
  • Celery seed<0.1%No flag›
  • Tamarind<0.1%No flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, honey, brown sugar, food starch-modified (corn), jalapeno pepper, cayenne red pepper, water, spice, natural smoke flavor, molasses, corn syrup, caramel color, natural flavors, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, xanthan gum, celery seed, tamarind.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Celery.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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