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Meats And Their Products · 0015400171427

Baby back pork ribs with barbeque sauce

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

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. 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 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

  • Pork back ribs75%No flag
  • Barbecue sauce25%No flag
  • Water12.5%No flag›
  • Corn syrup6.3%No flag›
  • Tomato concentrate3.1%No flag
  • Molasses1.6%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.8%No flag›
  • Sugar0.4%No flag›
  • Tapiosa starch0.2%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Smoke flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a<0.1%No flag
  • Soya oilNo flag›
  • GarlicNo flag›
  • Hydrolysed soy proteinNo flag
  • Black pepperNo flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • White pepperNo flag›
  • Red bell pepperNo flag›
  • Soluble clovesNo flag
  • CinnamonNo flag›
  • Cayenne pepperNo flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

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

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Pork back ribs, barbecue sauce (water, corn syrup, tomato paste, molasses, vinegar, sugar, tapiosa starch, salt, smoke flavor, onion powder, caramel color, soybean oil, garlic powder, hydrolyzed soy protein, black pepper, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, ground white pepper, ground red pepper, soluble cloves, ground cinnamon, cayenne pepper).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

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

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

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