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Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce

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VerdictConsider avoiding

Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce

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Decision lens

Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Everyday Sensitive Barrier Fragrance-free Pregnancy Kids Food

Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Food healthCritical

⚠Contains additive of concern

Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Why this band?

How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.

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Overall food-health band

Food health

Critical

NutritionCritical
nutri-score e
Processing
nova 4
AdditivesModerate
2 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE

nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)

Flagged additives

Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

blend health-blend-v1

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

High Fructose Corn Syrup
FRUCTOSE
CORN SYRUP
ACETIC ACID
VINEGAR
Starch, 2-hydroxy-3-(trimethylammonio)propyl ether, chloride
LIGHT BROWN SUGAR
SPICE
MOLASSES
BEET MOLASSES
Syrups, hydrolyzed starch, dehydrated
GLYCINEAMIDE RIBONUCLEOTIDE
GAR, UNSPECIFIED

Ingredients (15)

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP53.57142857142857%—›
DISTILLED VINEGAR23.214285714285715%—›
TOMATO PASTE11.607142857142861%—
MODIFIED FOOD STARCH5.803571428571431%—›
BROWN SUGAR2.9017857142857153%—›
CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF1.4508928571428612%—
SALT1.4508928571428612%—›
NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR0.7254464285714306%—
PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE0.3627232142857153%—
SPICES0.1813616071428612%—›
CARAMEL COLOR0.0906808035714306%—
SODIUM BENZOATE0.0453404017857153%⚠ moderate
PRESERVATIVE0.0453404017857153%—
MOLASSES0.022670200892861203%—›
CORN SYRUP0.011335100446430602%—›
GAR0.011335100446430602%—›
Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate

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HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, BROWN SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, SPICES, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, GAR

Decision read

Probably skip for everyday use

Probably skip

This read is based on the product's overall critical safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.

Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

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