Light Italian Dressing & Marinade by Spartan · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Spartan SSpartan
VerdictConsider avoidingLight Italian Dressing & Marinade
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthHigh
Nutrition
Moderate
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
- AQUA
- ACETIC ACID
- VINEGAR
- PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE
- Castor oil, polymd., oxidized
- Vegetable oils
- Linseed oil, polymd., oxidized
- Grease
- Fats and Glyceridic oils, vegetable, polymd., oxidized
- SOYBEAN OIL
- Castor oil, oxidized
- SOAP
- SUGAR
- SALT
- ONION
- SPICE
- Starch, 2-hydroxy-3-(trimethylammonio)propyl ether, chloride
- MAL
Ingredients (16)
- WATER53.333333333333336%—›
- DISTILLED VINEGAR23.333333333333332%—›
- VEGETABLE OIL11.666666666666664%—›
- SOYBEAN5.833333333333332%—›
- CANOLA5.833333333333332%—›
- SUGAR3.335%—›
- SALT3.335%—›
- CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% GARLIC2.498333333333335%—
- ONION1.2491666666666674%—›
- XANTHAN GUM0.6245833333333337%—
- RED BULL PEPPER0.31229166666666686%—
- POTASSIUM SORBATE0.15614583333333343%—
- A PRESERVATIVE0.15614583333333343%—
- SPICE0.07807291666667027%—›
- CARAMEL COLOR0.03903645833333513%—
- LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE0.019518229166664014%—
- MODIFIED FOOD STARCH0.009759114583332007%—›
- MAL0.009759114583332007%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), SUGAR, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% GARLIC*, ONION*, XANTHAN GUM, RED BULL PEPPER, POTASSIUM SORBATE (A PRESERVATIVE), SPICE, CARAMEL COLOR, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MAL
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall high 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. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.