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Andouille smoked sausage, andouille
Meats And Their Products · 0015900065752

Andouille smoked sausage, andouille

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 9 Apr 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium nitriteHigh concernForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
    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

  • Pork64.1%No flag›
  • Water18%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of the following1.1%No flag
  • Salt1.1%No flag›
  • Spices including paprika1.1%No flag
  • Corn maltodextrin1.1%No flag
  • Sodium phosphates · E3391.1%No flag
  • Sunflower oil1.1%No flag›
  • Gum arabic · E4141.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring1.1%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3161.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E2501.1%High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • In beef collagen casing8.1%No flag
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pork, water, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, spices including paprika, corn maltodextrin, sodium phosphates, sunflower oil, gum arabic, natural flavor, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, in beef collagen casing,

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 1 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 3 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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