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Ketchup Ranked: Indications of PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Industry Wide

Mamavation » Blog » Food | Mamavation » Ketchup Ranked: Indications of PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Industry Wide
Over 65% of Store-Bought Ketchup May Have PFAS "Forever Chemical" Contamination--Labs Included 8

October 6, 2021 //  by Leah Segedie

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (i.e. PFAS chemicals) are showing up in all sorts of products like period underwear, bamboo flooring, and parchment paper, but what about old-fashioned ketchup? Mamavation sent out 12 store-bought ketchup products to an EPA-certified lab looking for indications of PFAS and are reporting back those findings. You’ve trusted Mamavation to bring you topics like safest cookware sans PFAS and nanomaterials, safest organic mattresses without PFAS, and safest deodorants sans nasty chemicals, now join us for our latest investigation looking at store-bought ketchup and indications of PFAS contamination.

Disclosure: This post was scientifically reviewed by Hannah Gardener, Epidemiologist from A Green Slate. This post was also medically reviewed by Sondra Strand, RN, BSN, PHN. Donations were provided by Environmental Health News and Mamavation community members. Mamavation has only “spot-checked” the industry and thus we cannot make predictions about brands and products that we have not tested. Products and manufacturing aides can change without notice so buyer beware. This post contains affiliate links, with some to Amazon, which means Mamavation will receive a portion of those sales and we will use that to pay ourselves back for the testing. You can also give a tax-deductible donation to our consumer studies here through Environmental Health Sciences. Click “yes” when asked if the gift is in honor of someone and type “Mamavation.” Thank you!  

Hamburger with fries on a slate plate

Table of Contents

  • PFAS “Forever Chemicals” are Toxic, Persistent, & Ubiquitous
  • Challenges Behind PFAS Testing of Ketchup, Cosmetics & Consumer Products
  • Possible Ways PFAS Can Get Into Ketchup (Based on Other Industries)
  • SOLUTION: Food & Beverage Brands Need to Start Independently Testing & Identifying PFAS Contamination
  • Want to Avoid PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in Ketchup? Consider Making Ketchup at Home
  • Mamavation’s Investigation of Store-Bought Ketchup Products
    • Not Our Favorite Ketchup
    • Better Ketchup
    • Best Ketchup
  • Conclusion of Mamavation’s Ketchup Investigation of Potential PFAS

PFAS “Forever Chemicals” are Toxic, Persistent, & Ubiquitous

PFAS (aka PFCs or perfluorinated chemicals, including PFOA and PFOS) are added to many products we purchase to make them “stain-resistant,” “grease-proof,” and “water-resistant.” In food packaging, they are used in popcorn bags, pizza boxes, fast food canisters & wrappers, the flat dish on the bottom of cakes, or certain “safe” plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene.

They are also in carpeting, furniture, & clothing as “stain-proof” agents and you’ll find them on non-stick pans, some tooth flosses, and cosmetics. Mamavation has also tested and found indications of them in bamboo flooring, parchment paper, & period underwear,

PFAS chemicals are pretty much everywhere, which is why they are referred to as being ubiquitous. To underscore that point, researchers have found that 98% of people in the United States have some of these chemicals (PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, and PFNA) inside their bodies. Coupled with the fact that close to 100% of samples of breastmilk show traces of PFAS, it’s apparent how ubiquitous they really are.

These chemicals are also persistent, which means they build up in your body over time and do not go anywhere for several years. Therefore it’s very important to minimize the amount of PFAS chemicals you are exposed to, even if those levels are very small. Unless you avoid PFAS, your exposure level would only increase over time, which can lead to disease.

Here is the list of health problems (PFAS) perfluorinated chemicals are linked with.

  • reduction in immunity
  • metabolic diseases like obesity & diabetes
  • reduced vaccination response
  • cardiovascular disease
  • affect the growth, learning, and behavior of infants and older children
  • increased risk of allergies & asthma in young children
  • lower a woman’s chance of getting pregnant
  • increase the chances of miscarriage 
  • increase cholesterol levels
  • low sperm count
  • smaller penis size
  • increase the risk of cancer like testicular & kidney cancers

If you’d like to talk to your doctor about yow own exposure to PFAS, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a division of Community Health Investigations has created this fact sheet to use.

Ketchup with Bag of Fried French Fries Potatoes

Challenges Behind PFAS Testing of Ketchup, Cosmetics & Consumer Products

In terms of testing for PFAS, there are some major problems, we want to alert you to. There are over 9,000 PFAS chemicals if you count up all the “short-chain” and “long-chain” ones in the chemical category. Because of the amount of PFAS chemicals, it’s literally impossible to directly test and identify all of them, and especially which ones they are. Good laboratories can identify between 60-80 of them, and some university labs can identify about 150 of them, but that pales in comparison to how many there are in commerce. The reason there is no way to directly identify all of them is because the chemical companies that produce them have not released the assays the labs need to identify them.

So what are brands supposed to do? The food packaging industry decided to solve this issue by testing for total fluorine, which is the element all PFAS chemicals have in common. BPI Industries uses the standard of testing for total fluorine to determine if a food packaging brand is “compostable” and if PFAS was intentionally added, so we’ve done the same. When they discover over 100ppm of fluorine, they consider those levels “intentionally added” and they are not able to be compostable.

It’s important to note that this testing is not foolproof, but it is the best thing we have right now because there is no other standard or way to test and identify them all. Most of what would come up in total fluorine testing is very likely to be a PFAS chemical, but it is possible for chemicals like fluoride (which is different than fluorine) or certain pharmaceuticals from water to get caught up in this testing and then counted in the total fluorine amounts. Yes, even though fluoride is not allowable in more than 4ppm in drinkable water sources via the EPA.

Having said all that, since Mamavation is a precautionary community, we are not recommending any brand of ketchup that has detectable levels of total fluorine.

Hot dogs with mustard, ketchup on a picnic table

Possible Ways PFAS Can Get Into Ketchup (Based on Other Industries)

Ketchup is a very unique product because it contains tomatoes, which are very acidic and are more likely to have contamination issues. Leaching can happen when heat, acid, or high fat is present during the manufacturing process. Therefore, because of the likelihood of tomatoes causing plastics and other equipment to leach, we took a hard look at this category and we found some issues.

Mamavation has been testing various industries for indications of PFAS contamination and we have interviewed countless experts on the manufacturing of different products that are found to have PFAS. What we’ve learned about different industries can be of help to the ketchup industry as they are trying to ascertain where the potential contamination points are coming from.

The one industry we have been investigating for indications of PFAS that we believe may be of note is the cosmetic industry. In our interviews with cosmetic industry insiders, we found there are some similar points of contamination at the manufacturing level that may also be happening in the ketchup industry. They are the following:

  • Manufacturing Equipment: Sometimes manufacturing equipment, like paddles used to stir a formulation or conveyor belts, are covered or made with “non-stick” Teflon chemicals to keep batches of the product from sticking to equipment and thus making them easier to clean. Those chemicals can leach PFAS into the product and you’ll find it in contamination levels that are well below 30 ppm.
  • Plastics: Plastic manufacturers sometimes fluorinate polyethylene and polypropylene plastics and do not alert brands of this. Why do they do this? Because the safer plastics have a tendency to warp over time when they interact with certain ingredients and look to be tampered with. So in order to keep brands happy, they just fluorinate those plastics when they anticipate those types of ingredients to be present. (Yes, we have worked with cosmetic brands that have had this happen to them after we tested and alerted them of levels under 30 ppm.)
  • Cleaning Products: Sometimes manufacturers use cleaning products that are full of different types of fluorine chemicals like potassium fluoride, sodium fluoride, aluminum fluoride and trace amounts of those chemicals can come off into a batch of products under 30 ppm.
  • Lubrication Chemicals: Sometimes FDA-approved PFAS chemicals approved as “indirect additives” are sprayed onto manufacturing equipment to allow for batches to pass through the machine quicker. When this happens, sometimes traces of those chemicals can find themselves in the product at levels below 30 ppm.
  • Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals (and Agrochemicals): Some fluorinated pharmaceuticals (and agrochemicals) can find their way into the water supply and if that water is not properly filtered before usage, these pharmaceuticals can end up in a final product. An example of this would be certain drugs used to treat psychosis, steroids, and Prozac. These chemicals aren’t necessarily made from PFAS chemicals, but still concerning.

Organic Red Tomato Ketchup in a Bowl

SOLUTION: Food & Beverage Brands Need to Start Independently Testing & Identifying PFAS Contamination

Because of the ubiquitousness of PFAS in manufacturing, it’s important for brands to start testing their products independently (within the packaging as consumers are exposed to it) in order to ensure customers are not eating food with PFAS contamination.

Then if they find it, they need to either work with that manufacturer to stop exposing their consumers through their practices and equipment OR find another manufacturer that has safer practices and equipment. In the case of ketchup, it may be simply to ensure that the manufacturer doesn’t have equipment coated with a Teflon chemical.

french fries potato with ketchup

Want to Avoid PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in Ketchup? Consider Making Ketchup at Home

Even though there may be an indication that PFAS “Forever Chemicals” have contaminated the ketchup industry, there are still things you can do (other than purchasing the products we did not detect them in.) One of the solutions is to try making your own ketchup at home.

We reached out to several amazing food bloggers and compiled a list of different recipes you can try at home. We also previewed their ingredients so you can ensure you are not allergic to anything.

  • Fermented Ketchup from Nourished Kitchen. (Ingredients: Tomato paste, maple syrup, onion powder, ground allspice, celery seed powder, finely ground real salt, starter culture, & raw apple cider vinegar.)
  • How to Make Fermented Ketchup from A Girl Worth Saving. (Ingredients: Garlic Cloves, tomato paste, fish sauce, B grade maple syrup, whey, cayenne, dry mustard, clove powder, & sea salt.)
  • Keto Low Carb Sugar-Free Ketchup from Wholesome Yum. (Ingredients: Tomato paste, water, powdered sweetener, white vinegar, sea salt, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, ground cloves, & mustard powder.)
  • Easy Homemade Ketchup from The Petite Cook. (Ingredients: Tomato paste, white vinegar, water, onion powder, garlic powder, cinnamon powder, maple syrup, & salt & pepper.
  • How to Make Fermented Ketchup from Health Starts in the Kitchen. (Ingredients: Tomato paste, sugar, whey, organic raw apple cider vinegar (with mother), sea salt, ground allspice, & ground cloves.)
  • How to Make Tomato Ketchup from Sew Right. (Ingredients: onions, celery, vegetable oil, garlic cloves, coriander, cinnamon stick, cayenne pepper powder, salt & pepper, tomato puree, ripe tomatoes, caster sugar, Tobasco sauce, white wine vinegar, & lemons.)

Fresh Ketchup Bottle Isolated on White Background

Mamavation’s Investigation of Store-Bought Ketchup Products

Mamavation collected 12 brands of ketchup in August and September of 2021 and sent them off to an EPA-certified laboratory to test for detectable total fluorine. The lab used determination of total fluorine by oxygen flask combustion and ion-selective electrode analysis. The Level of Detection was 10 parts per million, meaning if there was fluorine below that amount, we would not detect it.

The first three samples of detectable fluorine we received (Hunts, Trader Joe’s & FODY) made us wonder if it was coming from the plastic, so we also had the plastic tested for fluorine. All the plastic came back non-detect so we stopped testing them. Those brands are marked on the investigation.

Our findings came up with some bad news. Over 65% of the store-bought ketchup we tested came up with detectable levels of fluorine, which indicates possible PFAS. This potential contamination of PFAS chemicals in manufacturing looks to be widespread in the ketchup industry. We strongly suggest these brands immediately begin independently testing their product within the packaging, identifying where these potential issues are coming from, and clean up their products and processing methods.

(Updated: We also re-tested Primal & Annie’s ketchup for organic fluorine and the results were exactly the same. That means none of our results were confused with fluoride, it’s all synthetic fluorine.)

Ketchup and tomato image on white background

Not Our Favorite Ketchup

These ketchup brands were sent to the lab and came back with detectable fluorine, which is indicative of PFAS. Because we are a precautionary community, we cannot recommend any of these ketchup brands. Below you will find the products and levels they came back with. The detection of fluorine in ketchup suggests the source is either (or both) environmental contamination or the migration of PFAS into the product during food processing, which the FDA classifies as an “indirect food additive” that food brands must ensure with reasonable certainty poses no harm to human health – a finding that no one had made to the best of our knowledge. (Update: Mamavation re-tested Primal & Annie’s for organic fluorine and results were the same.)

  • Annie’s Organic Ketchup — 13 parts per million (ppm) organic fluorine (updated with organic fluorine testing amounts 11/17/21)
  • FODY Ketchup — 13 parts per million (ppm) fluorine *(Plastic was also tested and it came back non-detect)
  • Good for Good Ketchup — 58 parts per million (ppm) organic fluorine (updated 11/18/21 with new product)
  • Hunt’s Ketchup — 12 parts per million (ppm) fluorine *(Plastic was also tested and it came back non-detect)
  • Organicville Made With Agave Nectar Ketchup – 15 parts per million (ppm) fluorine
  • Primal Kitchen Organic & Unsweetened Ketchup — 15 parts per million (ppm) organic fluorine (updated with organic fluorine testing amounts 11/17/21)
  • Sir Kensington’s Classic Ketchup — 18 parts per million (ppm) fluorine
  • Trader Joe’s Ketchup — 11 parts per million (ppm) fluorine *(Plastic was also tested and it came back non-detect)

Bowl of tomato sauce and cherry tomatoes on wooden table, close-up.

Better Ketchup

These brands did not test with any detectable fluorine at a Detection Level of 10ppm, however, they contain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which we avoid. Because we do not recommend other ingredients inside the formulation of these brands, we put them here in “better” for you to see.

  • Heinz Classic Tomato Ketchup in glass bottle — non-detect
  • Heinz Individual Ketchup Packets (collected from In-N-Out) — non-detect

bowl of tomato sauce or ketchup on a white background

Best Ketchup

These brands were sent to the lab and came back with non-detectable amounts of fluorine with a Level of Detection of 10ppm. The ingredients inside these brands tested the lowest and we believe are suitable for your family.

  • 365 Whole Foods Market Tomato Ketchup — non-detect
  • Heinz Organic Certified Tomato Ketchup — non-detect

tomato ketchup on a white background

Conclusion of Mamavation’s Ketchup Investigation of Potential PFAS

After finding detectable fluorine in over 65% of the ketchup products we tested, we want to know what you think? It’s very possible that these levels are from manufacturing contamination of Teflon or other types of chemicals.

  • Do you purchase any of these brands? Tell us which ones.
  • How do you feel about the levels we found?
  • Do you use any “non-stick” cookware at home? Would it bother you if your ketchup company was manufacturing the ketchup with “non-stick” equipment? Why?
  • Do you give any thought to PFAS chemicals leaching into your food?
  • What do you think companies that were found with some detectable fluorine should do about this?

And finally, are there any other industries you would like us to test for indications of PFAS? Thank you!

 

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Dana

    November 24, 2024 at 7:41 pm

    The Heinz Certified Organic on your BEST list has “natural flavors” listed in the ingredients. Please test Aldi’s organic next time.

    Reply
  2. Anna

    August 17, 2024 at 3:48 am

    Where’s the evidence for your claims? It’s easy to present a “review”, stating that you’ve done some testing, how do we know it’s true?

    Reply
    • Polly

      October 12, 2024 at 2:15 pm

      Anna- please read any of Mamavation’s testing of PFAS chemicals in many products for ample information on their testing protocols and the history of testing products for PFAS…I think it began with period underwear containing PFAS.

      Thank you Mamavation for getting these tests done for the benefit of everyone! Makes me more of an advocate for preparing foods at home- a group of 4 of my friends are getting together to each make one prepared food to share with each other every month instead of buying processed versions from the store- since it’s the processing machinery that seems to be where the contamination happens. Cooking and sharing jams, ketchup, lemon extract, etc. with friends makes it much easier!

      Reply
  3. Signe

    August 8, 2024 at 4:29 pm

    In your condiment category you mentioned Annie’s Organic ketchup and Primal Kitchen ketchup as best but in your ketchup category they are not your favorite. It’s confusing when the same products has different ratings.

    Reply
  4. Tonya

    June 28, 2024 at 7:22 pm

    Thanks for the hardwork and information! Any thoughts on when retesting will be done? Like many in the comments, I loved the primal unsweetened in glass and was so disappointed to see them on this list. Hopefully they’ve made the necessary changes.

    Reply
  5. Gennaro Costagliola

    October 24, 2023 at 9:14 am

    Do you know anything about Mothers Raw ketchup?

    Reply
  6. Ana

    August 28, 2023 at 9:08 am

    I was surprised to learn about the results from Primal Kitchen, as well. I like their unsweetened organic ketchup in a GLASS container, which Heinz organic does not offer. Here’s what Primal Kitchen had to say about Mamavation’s research:

    “The article is misleading to customers and here’s why. The test that was done was for elemental fluorine (a natural element that is present in soil, water and is absorbed by plants, like tomatoes). In essence, the testing conducted (or the presence of trace fluorine in a food product) does not mean that the products contain PFAs or forever chemicals, and any assertion to the contrary is unsupported by science. Furthermore, Primal Kitchen ketchup is packaged in glass. And, while our manufacturing processes are proprietary, we have strict food safety guidelines and ingredient guardrails to ensure products that are delicious and safe. As our fans, you deserve products you can trust, and we remain steadfast in upholding an unwavering food safety program based on credible science.”

    Reply
    • Cloud

      January 8, 2025 at 11:11 am

      So clear! I had though the same about fluorine…it’s in water, soil…
      I agree this is not very scientific or standardized and based on scientific practices

      Reply
  7. Renee

    June 21, 2023 at 2:08 am

    Will you please test Woodstock and Cucina Antica organic ketchups?

    Reply
  8. Taylor

    January 4, 2023 at 12:47 am

    Hi, thank you for the information. Could you also test Good & Gather (Target brand) organic ketchup?

    Reply
  9. Lynn

    October 16, 2022 at 1:48 am

    Was the primal one tested the one sold in a glass jar or plastic bottle?

    Reply
  10. Carlos Blanco

    October 4, 2022 at 10:03 am

    Dear sir\Ma,
    Roma’s food will like to make an inquiry in respect of some products. We will gladly love to get an estimate from you in terms of units and in cases.
    What are your selling points? Do we get discounts when we purchase in large quantities? Or all prices are the same regardless? The products are as follows:
    Mayonnaise 500 cases
    Ketchup 500 cases
    Honey 500 cases
    However, the company works with 30days net term,counting from the day items are delivered, we do this due to past experiences that we had with our other suppliers.
    Kindly reach out to us if this works in line with your company payment terms, we do respect your decisions.
    Warm Regards.
    Carlos Blanco
    ROMA FOOD GROUP, INC
    3636 NW 60TH St
    Miami, Florida 33142
    Tell:(847) 979-5382
    [email protected]

    Reply
  11. Jenifer Parker

    August 4, 2022 at 8:11 am

    QUICK question; Is ‘glass bottles’ are best any help to choosing non contaminated product?

    Reply
    • Cloud

      January 8, 2025 at 11:12 am

      Yes, glass is always a better choice as it doesn’t leak.

      Reply
  12. Heidi Shalloway

    July 13, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    When you do an update would you please test Simple Truth Organic Reduced Sugar & Sodium Tomato Ketchup? Your website is amazing! Thank you so much for the work you are doing.

    Reply
  13. @TestedWater

    June 20, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    Please test Red Duck Organic Ketchup and Portlandia Organic Ketchup, these are the only two organic options left that come in glass.

    Reply
    • Leah Segedie

      June 22, 2022 at 7:37 am

      I can test those for you when we do an update to this investigation.

      Reply
      • Leslie

        August 24, 2022 at 1:27 pm

        Hi! I am curious to know how Thrive Market ketchup ranks. I am waiting to hear back from their marketing dept. Thank you for all of your hard work!!!

        Reply
      • Lynn

        March 1, 2024 at 9:17 pm

        TRUE MADE
        VEGGIE KETCHUP

        A LOT OF MOMS GIVE THIS TO THEIR KIDS. I pray it’s ok

        Reply
        • DS

          May 7, 2024 at 8:00 am

          Me, too! Someone test.

          Reply
        • Lynn

          July 7, 2024 at 8:04 pm

          Yes!!!! This one!!!! I hope it’s ok. A lot of people give this to kids!

          Reply
    • Kay

      August 30, 2022 at 11:46 pm

      Yes, Portlandia please, if you can.

      Reply
  14. Karen McFadden

    April 13, 2022 at 1:13 pm

    As an organic ketchup manufacturer, we are interested in whether there is anything we can do to avoid pfa’s in our ketchup (we are not any of the “tested” brands you have provided). We use all stainless steel equipment, and do not use any of the chemicals you mentioned. Our lubricants do not come in contact with our food products. Thank you in advance!

    Reply
    • Sue Miller

      February 24, 2023 at 1:34 pm

      Do you use tap water or filtered water?

      Reply
  15. Anonymous

    April 12, 2022 at 4:49 pm

    We ay premium price for Primal Kitchen ketchup. Surprised it was on your list! Maybe will switch to Heinz organic.

    Reply
    • Leah Segedie

      April 13, 2022 at 9:25 am

      That is what we did as a family.

      Reply
  16. Lis

    March 12, 2022 at 12:48 pm

    Ugh, I have used Organicville. I usually buy Sprouts Organic brand Ketchup but if it’s on sale I’ll grab organicville. So it’s probably safe to say, if it’s not the plastic bottles causing the PFAS then, it’s something during manufacturing; which means, anything manufactured at the facility is contaminated. So, organicville mustard is probably contaminated too and whatever else comes off the line. I’ve emailed several vendors who’s organic products tested positive for PFAS and glyphosate to see what they have done or are doing to rid there items of this stuff and will they consider getting certified and no one has replied yet. I also contacted companies to see where there products are being made. If you can’t put it on the label or won’t answer this simple question then, that’s alarming to me. Like Cora tampons. I asked them what the plastic applicator was made of and their answer skated around that question. If it’s safe and organic just say what it is made of. Fact that they dodged the question and do the same on their site , tells me there’s a problem and I stopped using their products. We all deserve to what’s in food so we can decide whether to eat it or not. Just like in a doctors office. We have to be made aware of things so , we can decide on it. Food should be no different. It appears that the NON GMO and ORGANIC certification labels aren’t worth the paper they are printed on. We need to go back to the days where our food was made without preservatives and without processing it with chemicals. We were healthier back then I’d you look at CDC disease charts by years.

    Reply
  17. Elizabeth Cassano

    December 5, 2021 at 10:55 am

    Happy to send a bottle of Tessamaes for the update

    Reply
  18. Jenn

    October 12, 2021 at 12:55 pm

    Please check Kroger (Simple Truth) organic ketchup, Great Value (Walmart) organic ketchup, and Aldi organic ketchup. These are the three we buy regularly.

    Reply
    • Leah Segedie

      October 28, 2021 at 7:27 pm

      We can include those in an update.

      Reply
      • Leslie

        March 2, 2022 at 6:06 pm

        Yes please test simple truth ketchup. We love it since it is no sugar added.

        Reply
      • Susan

        April 21, 2022 at 6:49 am

        Is there an update on the Simple Truth ketchup?

        Reply
        • Leah Segedie

          April 21, 2022 at 7:23 am

          We have plans to test them again and add new brands, but not this year.

          Reply
  19. Destiny

    October 10, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    We rotate between Heinz Organic and Simply Heinz depending on store stock. If you ever update this I’d love to see how Simply Heinz rates but for now we’ll stick with the Organic. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Stacey Fox

      November 7, 2021 at 9:45 am

      Has Wild Harvest been tested?
      Thanks for all you do.

      Reply
  20. Fonda Neal

    October 10, 2021 at 9:01 am

    So sad to see FODY on the bad list. 🙁 I have SIBO and can’t eat onion or garlic which is in everything! I get all of my dressings from FODY. I don’t have time to make them. Hopefully FODY will improve from your investigation. Thanks for your work Leah :).

    Reply
  21. Fonda in Virginia

    October 10, 2021 at 9:01 am

    So sad to see FODY on the bad list. 🙁 I have SIBO and can’t eat onion or garlic which is in everything! I get all of my dressings from FODY. I don’t have time to make them. Hopefully FODY will improve from your investigation. Thanks for your work Leah :).

    Reply
  22. Judy geerts

    October 9, 2021 at 9:54 am

    So I’m assuming that it’s not just the ketchup but anything sent through this processing will be contaminated. Even questioning ingredients that one would buy to make “home made”????

    Reply
  23. Elle

    October 8, 2021 at 8:32 am

    Thank you for this information.

    Would you please clarify one point- “365 Whole Foods Market Tomato Ketchup” is listed under the best category. The link goes to an organic ketchup. However, your text mention of it in the post doesn’t say “organic,” and there is indeed a non-organic 365 Whole Foods Market tomato ketchup product.

    Is the specific Whole Foods ketchup you tested the organic version, or the non-organic version? Thank you in advance.

    Reply
    • Leah Segedie

      October 8, 2021 at 8:37 pm

      Yes, it was the organic version.

      Reply
      • Elle

        October 14, 2021 at 4:05 pm

        Thank you very much for responding!

        Reply
      • D

        November 4, 2021 at 4:43 pm

        If I make homemade ketchup how do I know the tomato sauce isn’t made in a Teflon coated pan?

        Reply
  24. Elle

    October 8, 2021 at 7:23 am

    What about Nature’s Promise?

    Thanks for all you Promise

    Reply
  25. Nicole

    October 8, 2021 at 4:23 am

    Please test cucina antica!

    Reply
    • Carla Brazzeal

      October 11, 2021 at 11:43 am

      Yes, please! I use this brand for year.

      Reply
  26. Emmel

    October 7, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    Wow, this is upsetting–we have a diabetic kid so sugar-free Primal was our go-to ketchup (and it’s very good). Do you know about organic Red Duck? (It’s low in sugar–perhaps it’s okay?) Perhaps you can reach out at least to the bigger organic companies with your findings — companies with a conscience sometimes improve their products if they learn something has been tested to be problematic (especially healthy products). Vital Choice for example and Eden do BPA-free cans after learning about the harms of BPA. I hope your findings make their way to the manufacturers! Thank you!

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  27. Anna T.

    October 7, 2021 at 11:12 pm

    There is no sugar-free PFA free ketchup? Tha’t sad… I guess we just need to stick to mustard then! (sigh..) I’m especially sad about Primal Kitchen. It is owned by Heinz so not sure why they are not making allt their products equally clean?

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  28. Susan

    October 7, 2021 at 3:30 pm

    Yikes! Just bought True Made last month by accident, thinking it’s organic.

    Could you please test Sprouts brand organic or Cucina Antica organic? All of the other organic ketchup brands that Sprouts sells is on the bad list!! Sine Covid I’ve been getting my groceries delivered from Sprouts via Instacart so it’s my best option.

    Reply
    • Leah Segedie

      October 7, 2021 at 4:56 pm

      Yes, I can test some more! I’m happy to serve.

      Reply
      • Carla Brazzeal

        October 11, 2021 at 11:44 am

        Test cucina antica, please?

        Reply
  29. G

    October 7, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    Yikes! Heinz and 365 it is! Thanks!!! I was using Annie’s and 365! Is there nothing one can trust lately! ❤️♥️

    Reply
  30. Pam Miller

    October 7, 2021 at 9:35 am

    Once again we as consumers have been fooled!
    I truly thought primal kitchen was the cleanest I could get now I know different

    Reply
  31. Richard Allen

    October 6, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    Great information. You should also test dental floss since it seems likely that if there’s PFAS it will rub off of the floss and into our mouths. Also, there’s no need to have PFAS added to dental floss in the first place.

    Reply
    • maggie

      May 6, 2022 at 12:19 am

      Consumer Lab tested dental floss and found at least a half-dozen products contain PFAS:
      https://www.consumerlab.com/answers/toxic-pfas-chemicals-in-dental-floss/pfas-dental-floss/

      Reply

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