Thick Sliced Bologna by Heritage Farm · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Heritage Farm HFHeritage Farm
VerdictConsider avoidingThick Sliced Bologna
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthCritical
Nutrition
Critical
AdditivesHigh
1 flagged additive(s), worst HIGH
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Sodium nitrite — Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16)
- CHICKEN53.125%—›
- PORK23.4375%—›
- WATER11.71875%—›
- CORN SYRUP5.859375%—›
- BEEF2.9296875%—›
- MODIFIED FOOD STARCH1.46484375%—›
- CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF0.732421875%—
- SALT0.732421875%—›
- FLAVORING0.3662109375%—
- POTASSIUM LACTATE0.18310546875%—
- SODIUM LACTATE0.091552734375%—
- SODIUM PHOSPHATES0.0457763671875%—
- DEXTROSE0.02288818359375%—›
- SODIUM0.011444091796875%—›
- DIACETATE0.0057220458984375%—›
- SODIUM ERYTHORBATE0.00286102294921875%—
- SODIUM NITRITE0.00286102294921875%⚠ high
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MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, PORK, WATER, CORN SYRUP, BEEF, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, FLAVORING, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, DEXTROSE, SODIUM, DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE.
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall critical safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.