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Red Hots Imitation Sausage-Artificially Colored
Red Hots Imitation Sausage-Artificially Colored by R. L. Zeigler Company Inc. (Meats And Their Products). Greenveil's read: consider avoiding (food-health band "critical"). 4 additives of concern.
VerdictConsider avoiding
Food health
Critical
- Mechanically separated chicken pork52.1%—
- Water24%—›
- Bacon with12%—
- Water6%—›
- Salt1.2%—›
- E3391.2%—
- Sugar0.7%—›
- E3160.7%—
- Hydrolyzed soy and corn protein0.7%—
- E6210.7%⚠ Moderate
- E2510.5%⚠ Moderate
- Wheat flour0.2%—›
- Modified food starch0.1%—›
- Corn syrup<0.1%—›
- Salt<0.1%—›
- Flavouring<0.1%—
- E325—
- Beef—›
- Dextrose—›
- E450i—
- E262ii—
- E316—
- E251⚠ Moderate
- E127⚠ Moderate
- Diphosphates (E450)⚠ Low
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Mechanically separated chicken pork, water, bacon cured with; water, salt, sodium phosphate, sugar, sodium erythorbate, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, monosodium glutamate, sodium nitrate). wheat flour, modified food starch, corn syrup, salt, flavoring, sodium lactate, beef, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, red 3.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
- Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- DiphosphatesInorganic 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
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