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Original Meatballs Made with Pork and Chicken
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Original Meatballs Made with Pork and Chicken

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Jan 2026

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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 phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Meat ingredients53.8%No flag
  • Pork28.8%No flag›
  • Beef25%No flag›
  • Chicken23.1%No flag›
  • Water11.5%No flag›
  • Soya flour5.8%No flag›
  • Breadcrumbs2.9%No flag
  • Wheat flour1.4%No flag›
  • Wheat flour0.7%No flag›
  • Raising agent0.4%No flag
  • E500ii0.4%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.2%No flag
  • Dextrose0.2%No flag›
  • Soy protein1.4%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of0.7%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Dehydrated onion0.4%No flag
  • Flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Sodium phosphates · E339<0.1%Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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meat ingredients (pork, beef), mechanically separated chicken, water, textured soy flour, bread crumbs (wheat flour, bleached wheat flour, leavening [sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate], dextrose), soy protein concentrate, contains 2% or less of: salt, dehydrated onion, flavorings, sodium phosphates, sugar, caramel color, citric acid

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Jan 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • Sodium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 1 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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