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Sambal Oelek
Bamboo GardenCondiments · 4023900533009

Sambal Oelek

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

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 1 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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

  • Chili pepper75%No flag›
  • Spirit vinegar14.6%No flag
  • Salt2.8%No flag›
  • Acid2.8%No flag›
  • Citronensäure · E3302.8%No flag
  • Sugar2.4%No flag›
  • Modified starch1.2%No flag›
  • Preservative1.2%No flag
  • Kaliumsorbat · E2020.6%No flag
  • Natriumbenzoat · E2110.6%Moderate

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

Show original label text

Chili (75%), Branntweinessig, Speisesalz, Säuerungsmittel Citronensäure, Zucker, modifizierte Stärke, Konservierungsstoffe (Kaliumsorbat, Natriumbenzoat).

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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