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Bacon dried spam bites, bacon
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium nitrite).
- Critical
Allergens
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Spam100%No flag
- Pork with ham55%No flag
- Bacon22.5%No flag
- Rendered bacon fat11.3%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E3160.5%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E2500.5%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Modified potato starch2.8%No flag
- Pork flavor0.4%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.2%No flag
- Rendered pork fat<0.1%No flag
- Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
- Hickory smoke flavoring0.2%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E2500.2%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
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Spam (pork with ham, bacon and rendered bacon fat [cured with water, salt, sugar, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite], water, modified potato starch, salt, sugar, pork flavor [natural flavor, rendered pork fat, lactic acid, salt], hickory smoke flavoring, sodium nitrite).
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.
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