BBQ Sauce by G Hughes · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingBBQ Sauce
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Decision lens
Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
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.
- SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
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 health
High
- 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.
- Sucralose — Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (17)
- CRUSHED TOMATOES53.125%—
- WATER28.125%—›
- CRUSHED TOMATOES25%—
- APPLE CIDER VINEGAR23.4375%—›
- WHITE VINEGAR11.71875%—
- MODIFIED CORNSTARCH5.859375%—›
- SALT0.25%—›
- LESS THAN 2% OF0.25%—
- ONION0.25%—›
- LEMON JUICE0.25%—›
- GARLIC0.25%—›
- BLACK PEPPER0.25%—›
- CINNAMON0.25%—›
- NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE0.25%—
- SPICES0.25%—›
- NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR0.25%—›
- NATURAL CARAMEL COLOR0.25%—
- XANTHAN CUM0.25%—
- SUCRALOSE3.109375%⚠ moderate
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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CRUSHED TOMATOES (WATER, CONCENTRATED CRUSHED TOMATOES), APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, WHITE VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF: MINCED ONION, LEMON JUICE (FROM CONCENTRATE), GARLIC POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, GROUND CINNAMON, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE, SPICES, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, NATURAL CARAMEL COLOR, XANTHAN CUM, SUCRALOSE.
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