Sauces
38 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Lead: typically 6.98 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 280 g (9.9 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):35% of a toddler's daily limit9% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 15.3 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 990 g (35 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.6 kg (10 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):10% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 4.65 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Ketchup, tomato: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 3 of 3, average 24.3, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 2 of 3, average 3.1, highest 5.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tomato catsup: found in 3 of 20, average 0.22, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
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- Woolworths Worcestershire Sauce 250ml Woolworths · Sauces
- Heinz Street Food Sauce Roasted Garlic 295ml Heinz · Sauces
- Heinz Street Food Teriyaki Sauce 295ml Heinz · Sauces
- Heinz Street Food Sauce Korean Spicy 295ml Heinz · Sauces
- Heinz Street Food Sauce Soy & Vinegar 295ml Heinz · Sauces