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Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are 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.
  2. Sodium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
    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

  • Milano salami50%No flag
  • Pork25%No flag›
  • Salt12.5%No flag›
  • Less than 2% of the following6.3%No flag
  • Dextrose6.3%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring3.1%No flag
  • Wine1.6%No flag›
  • Sodium ascorbate · E3010.8%No flag
  • Lactic acid starter culture0.4%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E2500.2%High

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

  • Sodium nitrate · E2510.2%Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

  • Sharp provolone cubes25%No flag
  • Cultured pasteurized milk12.5%No flag
  • Salt6.3%No flag›
  • Enzyme6.3%No flag›
  • Toasted corn nuts12.5%No flag
  • Corn6.3%No flag›
  • Palm olein3.1%No flag
  • Salt3.1%No flag›
  • Sunflower seeds12.5%No flag›
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Milano salami (pork, salt and less than 2% of the following: dextrose, natural flavorings, wine, sodium ascorbate, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate), sharp provolone cubes (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, contains milk). toasted corn nuts (corn, palm olein, salt), sunflower seeds

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

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.
  • Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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