Sugar Free Hickory Smoke BBQ Sauce by Head Country · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingSugar Free Hickory Smoke BBQ Sauce
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.
- 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
- 1no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band
- 2MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final 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)
- WATER53.125%—›
- TOMATO PASTE23.4375%—
- VINEGAR11.71875%—›
- NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR2.5%—
- SALT1.205%—›
- FOOD STARCH MODIFIED1.205%—›
- MUSTARD SEED1.205%—›
- ONION1.205%—›
- NATURAL FLAVORS1.205%—
- SPICES INCLUDING CHILI PEPPER1.205%—
- XANTHAN GUM0.9943750000000051%—
- SORBATE0.49718750000000256%—›
- PRESERVATIVE0.49718750000000256%—
- GARLIC0.24859374999999773%—›
- CARAMEL COLOR0.12429687499999886%—
- SUCRALOSE0.06214843749999943%⚠ moderate
- POTASSIUM0.06214843749999943%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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WATER, TOMATO PASTE, VINEGAR, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SALT, FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, MUSTARD SEED, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES INCLUDING CHILI PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, SUCRALOSE, POTASSIUM.
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.