amber
Butylated Hydroxyanisole
IARC-classified possible human carcinogen.
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masterfoods seafood cocktail sauce
Is masterfoods seafood cocktail sauce low tox? Our scanner flagged 1 ingredient (1 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
1 caution
1 ingredient flagged
What we flagged
Full ingredients (from label)
tomatoes 58% (from paste, food acid (citric), sugar, vegetable oil (contains antioxidant (butylated hydroxyanisole), thickener (modilied cornstarch), salt, egg yolk, food acids (acetic, citric), water, mustard powder, colour (paprika oleoresin), onion, garlic powder, coriander seed, lemon oil, chilli, flavour, spice extract. contains: egg. may contain peanuts.
How this analysis is generated
Each ingredient on this product's published label is matched against our 237 source-cited chemical rules, each documenting a concern from peer-reviewed research and regulatory sources. Severity tiers:
- Avoid (red) — banned or restricted in the EU, UK or Canada but still legal in the US, IARC-listed, or strong contact-allergen evidence.
- Caution (amber) — regulatory caution, contamination risk, or condition-specific irritant.
- Mild (green) — low concern but commonly avoided in low-tox formulations.
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