how to find if any unique values in two columns for each value in one column

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I have two columns. column A has text, column B has a numeric ID.

A B
Pizza 40
Candy 20
Soda 30
Broccoli 20
Pizza 40

Every time "40" appears in column B, I want to make sure that all the respective values for 40 in column A, are the same. In this case, they're all "Pizza".

I want to know if there are ever any multiple unique values. In this case, "20" has two unique values - "Candy" and "Broccoli".


How can I do this without having a formula that I would need to drag down all throughout a new column.

Ideally, I'd like to be able to have just 4 cells for 4 formulas (one for each unique numeric code). is this possible?

hope this was clear
 

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Try:

ABCDE
1FoodValueValuesAll the same?
2Pizza4010TRUE
3Candy2020FALSE
4Soda3030TRUE
5Broccoli2040TRUE
6Pizza40

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>
Sheet6

Worksheet Formulas
CellFormula
E2=COUNTIF($B$2:$B$6,D2)=COUNTIFS($B$2:$B$6,D2,$A$2:$A$6,INDEX($A$2:$A$6,MATCH(D2,$B$2:$B$6,0)))

<thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>

<tbody>
</tbody>
 
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perfect. thanks Eric.

In the case of column D, value "10". Since this doesn't exist in column B, is there a way I can have it return text other than "true"
 
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Try:

=IF(COUNTIF($B$2:$B$6,D2)=0,"None found",COUNTIF($B$2:$B$6,D2)=COUNTIFS($B$2:$B$6,D2,$A$2:$A$6,INDEX($A$2:$A$6,MATCH(D2,$B$2:$B$6,0))))
 
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