General Tso Sauce by Market District · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Market District MDMarket District
VerdictConsider avoidingGeneral Tso Sauce
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 healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
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 healthHigh
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "high" from nutri-score
- 2final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (12)
- WATER54.166666666666664%—›
- SUGAR10%—›
- RICE WINE10%—
- WATER5%—›
- RICE DEXTROSE2.5%—
- CORN SYRUP1.25%—›
- SALT1.25%—›
- SOY SAUCE10%—›
- WATER5%—›
- SOYBEANS2.5%—›
- WHEAT SALT1.25%—
- SUGAR0.625%—›
- SODIUM BENZOATE0.625%⚠ moderate
- PRESERVATIVE0.625%—
- GREEN ONION MODIFIED CORNSTARCH7.916666666666671%—
- RICE VINEGAR3.9583333333333357%—
- GARLIC1.9791666666666714%—›
- GINGER CHICKEN SEASONING0.9895833333333357%—
- CHICKEN MEAT0.4947916666666714%—
- WATER0.2473958333333357%—›
- SALT0.1236979166666714%—›
- PO0.1236979166666714%—›
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WATER, SUGAR, RICE WINE (WATER, RICE DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP, SALT), SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE]), GREEN ONION MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, RICE VINEGAR,GARLIC, GINGER CHICKEN SEASONING (CHICKEN MEAT, WATER, SALT, PO
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall high 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.