Original slow-simmered bbq sauce, original · GreenveilSaving recent analysisOriginal slow-simmered bbq sauce, original
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
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 (17)
- High fructose corn syrup53.125%—›
- Tomato puree23.4375%—
- Tomato paste11.71875%—
- Water11.71875%—›
- Distilled vinegar11.71875%—›
- Water5.859375%—›
- Modified food starch2.9296875%—›
- Sugar1.46484375%—›
- Salt0.732421875%—›
- Pineapple juice concentrate0.3662109375%—
- Natural smoke flavor0.18310546875%—
- Caramel color0.091552734375%—
- Spices0.0457763671875%—›
- Molasses0.02288818359375%—›
- Tamarind0.011444091796875%—›
- Garlic0.0057220458984375%—›
- Sodium benzoate0.00286102294921875%⚠ moderate
- Pr0.00286102294921875%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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High fructose corn syrup, tomato puree (tomato paste, water), distilled vinegar, water, modified food starch, sugar, salt, pineapple juice concentrate, natural smoke flavor, caramel color, spices, molasses, tamarind, dehydrated garlic, sodium benzoate (pr
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall critical 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.
