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Valu Time, TopcoCondiments · 0011225646393

Original bbq sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Celery
  • Mustard

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • High fructose corn syrup52.9%No flag›
  • Water23.5%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar11.8%No flag›
  • Salt1.5%No flag›
  • Modified food starch1.5%No flag›
  • Tomato concentrate1.5%No flag
  • Contains less than 2% of molasses1.5%No flag
  • Paprika1.5%No flag›
  • Spice1.5%No flag›
  • Mustard1.4%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a0.7%No flag
  • Guar gum · E4120.3%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E4150.2%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Natural smoke flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Celery seed<0.1%No flag›
  • Red #40 · E129<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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High fructose corn syrup, water, distilled vinegar, salt, modified food starch, tomato paste, contains less than 2% of molasses, paprika, spice, mustard flour, caramel color, guar gum, xanthan gum, natural flavor, natural smoke flavor, celery seed, red #40.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Celery, Mustard.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 8 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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