Smoked Kielbasa Sausage by Cub Foods · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingSmoked Kielbasa Sausage
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.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Food health
Critical
- 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.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) — Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (6)
- PORK58.333333333333336%—›
- BEEF20.833333333333332%—›
- WATER10.416666666666664%—›
- SEASONING5.208333333333329%—›
- SALT2.6041666666666643%—›
- HYDROLYZED SOY1.3020833333333321%—›
- WHEY PROTEIN0.6510416666666661%—›
- SPICES0.32552083333333304%—›
- DEXTROSE0.16276041666666652%—›
- CORN SYRUP SOLIDS0.08138020833333304%—›
- MALTODEXTRIN0.04069010416666652%—›
- MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE0.020345052083333037%⚠ moderate
- SODIUM ACETATE0.010172526041666519%—
- GARLIC0.005086263020833037%—›
- SODIUM DIACETATE0.0025431315104165186%—
- ASCORBIC ACID0.0012715657552080373%—
- SODIUM CITRATE0.0012715657552080373%—›
- CURE2.6041666666666643%—
- SALT1.3020833333333321%—›
- SODIUM NITRATE1.3020833333333321%⚠ moderate
- GAR2.604166666666657%—›
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PORK, BEEF, WATER, SEASONING (SALT, HYDROLYZED SOY AND WHEY PROTEIN, SPICES, DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, MALTODEXTRIN, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM ACETATE, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM DIACETATE, ASCORBIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE), CURE (SALT, SODIUM NITRATE), GAR
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.