Barbecue sauce by Sweet Baby Ray's · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Sweet Baby Ray's SBSweet Baby Ray's
VerdictConsider avoidingBarbecue sauce
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Focused on child exposure. Keep higher-sensitivity and child-exposure concerns in view.
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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Food health
Critical
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final 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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16)
- Sugars53.333333333333336%—›
- Glucose-fructose27.333333333333336%—
- Con13%—›
- Centrated pineapple juice6.5%—
- Refiners' molasses3.25%—
- Sugar3.25%—›
- Tomato paste23.333333333333332%—
- Vinegar11.666666666666664%—›
- Water5.833333333333329%—›
- Modified corn starch2.9166666666666643%—›
- Salt0.3625%—›
- Natural smoke flavour0.3625%—
- Spices0.3625%—›
- Caramel colour0.3625%—
- Sodium benzoate0.3625%⚠ moderate
- Preservative0.3625%—
- Dried garlic0.3625%—›
- Mustard0.3625%—
- Tamarind0.18958333333333854%—›
- Natural flavour0.09479166666666572%—
- Celery seed0.09479166666666572%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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Sugars (glucose-fructose, con - centrated pineapple juice, refiners' molasses, sugar), Tomato paste, Vinegar, Water, Modified corn starch, Salt, Natural smoke flavour, Spices, Caramel colour, Sodium benzoate (preservative), Dried garlic, Mustard flour, Tamarind, Natural flavour, Celery seed. Contains: Mustard.
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