Bacon by Roundy's · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingBacon
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-v2)
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 (7)
- Bacon with57.142857142857146%—
- Water57.142857142857146%—›
- Salt21.428571428571427%—›
- Sodium phosphates10.714285714285715%—
- Smoke flavoring2.5%—
- Sodium2.5%—›
- Erythorbate2.5%—›
- Sodium nitrite3.2142857142857224%⚠ high
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Bacon cured with: water, salt, sodium phosphates, smoke flavoring, 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.