Gourmet Cocktail Sauce by Festival Foods · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingGourmet Cocktail 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 healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- 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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Overall food-health bandFood healthCritical
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- 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 (13)
- Tomato paste53.84615384615385%—
- Distilled vinegar23.076923076923077%—›
- Water11.53846153846154%—›
- High fructose corn syrup5.769230769230774%—›
- Horseradish2.884615384615387%—›
- Salt1.4423076923076934%—›
- Soybean oil0.7211538461538467%—›
- Lemon juice concentrate0.3605769230769198%—
- Potassium sorbate0.1802884615384599%—
- Sodium benzoate0.0901442307692264%⚠ moderate
- Preservatives0.0901442307692264%—
- Xanthan gum0.0450721153846132%—
- Natural and artificial flavorings0.0225360576923066%—
- Edta-calcium disodium0.0225360576923066%—›
- To protect quality0.0225360576923066%—
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Tomato paste, distilled vinegar, water, high fructose corn syrup, horseradish, salt, soybean oil, lemon juice concentrate, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavorings, edta-calcium disodium (to protect quality).
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.