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Sweet Baby Ray's SB Sweet Baby Ray's
Verdict Consider avoidingBarbecue Sauce
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens Focused on child exposure. Keep higher-sensitivity and child-exposure concerns in view.
Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health High ⚠ Contains additive of concern 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. Why this band? How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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1 no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band 2 MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate" 3 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 4 final band "high" (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. Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (19) HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP 52.77777777777778% — › DISTILLED VINEGAR 23.61111111111111% — › TOMATO PASTE 11.805555555555557% — MODIFIED CORN STARCH 5.902777777777779% — › SALT 0.3627% — › PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE 0.3627% — NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR 0.3627% — SPICE 0.3627% — › CARAMEL COLOR 0.3627% — MOLASSES 0.3627% — › SODIUM BENZOATE 0.3627% ⚠ moderate PRESERVATIVE 0.3627% — GARLIC 0.3627% — › MUSTARD 0.3627% — CORN SYRUP 0.3627% — › SUGAR 0.3627% — › TAMARIND 0.3627% — › NATURAL FLAVOR 0.3627% — CELERY SEED 1.187677777777722% — › Ammonia caramel (E150C) ⚠ moderate Show original HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SPICE, CARAMEL COLOR, MOLASSES, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), GARLIC, MUSTARD FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR, CELERY SEED
Decision read
Probably skip for child exposure This 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. Keep higher-sensitivity and child-exposure concerns in view.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
Barbecue Sauce by Sweet Baby Ray's · Greenveil
