Turkey Franks by Zacky Farms · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Zacky Farms ZFZacky Farms
VerdictConsider avoidingTurkey Franks
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 nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
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
High
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "high" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Sodium nitrate — Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16)
- TURKEY53.125%—›
- WATER23.4375%—›
- CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF11.71875%—
- MODIFIED FOOD STARCH11.71875%—›
- SALT5.859375%—›
- CORN SYRUP2.9296875%—›
- SALT1.46484375%—›
- CORN SYRUP BOILDS0.732421875%—
- DEXTROSE0.3662109375%—›
- POTASSIUM0.18310546875%—›
- LACTATE0.091552734375%—›
- FLAVORINGS0.0457763671875%—
- SODIUM PHOSPHATE0.02288818359375%—
- SODIUM DIACETATE0.011444091796875%—
- SODIUM ERYHOACETATE0.0057220458984375%—
- SODIUM NITRATE0.00286102294921875%⚠ moderate
- PAPRIKA0.00286102294921875%—›
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MECHANICALLY SEPARATED TURKEY, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CORN SYRUP BOILDS, DEXTROSE, POTASSIUM, LACTATE, FLAVORINGS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYHOACETATE, SODIUM NITRATE, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA.
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.