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Baba Ghanoush
Al amierPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 4013200389000

Baba Ghanoush

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Sesame

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 25 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    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

  • Yogurt44.5%No flag›
  • Grilled aubergines34%No flag
  • Sesame paste11%No flag
  • Lemon juice5.3%No flag›
  • Extra virgin olive oil2.6%No flag
  • Garlic1.3%No flag›
  • Sea salt0.7%No flag›
  • Water0.3%No flag›
  • Spice0.2%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Palm fat<0.1%No flag
  • Spice extract<0.1%No flag›
  • Citronensäure · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Milchsäure · E270No flag
  • Natriumbenzoat · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Natural onion flavouringNo flag
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Joghurt, gegrillte Aubergine(34%), sesampaste(11%), konzentrierter Zitronensaft, natives Olivenöl extra, Knoblauch, Meersalz, Wasser, Gewürze, Würze, Palmfett, Gewürzextrakt, Citronensäure, Milchsäure, natriumbenzoat, natürliches Zwiebelaroma

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Sesame.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 25 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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