Lower Sodium Center Cut Bacon by H-E-B · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingLower Sodium Center Cut Bacon
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Decision lens
Focused on food use. Bias toward food-use coverage and published ingestible context.
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 (9)
- CURED WITH55.5555555555556%—
- WATER55.5555555555556%—›
- SALT22.2222222222222%—›
- SUGAR11.1111111111111%—›
- POTASSIUM5.55555555555556%—›
- CHLORIDE2.77777777777778%—›
- SODIUM PHOSPHATES1.38888888888889%—
- SODIUM ERYTHORBATE0.694444444444443%—
- MALTODEXTRIN0.347222222222221%—›
- SODIUM NITRITE0.347222222222229%⚠ high
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CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, SUGAR, POTASSIUM, CHLORIDE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM NITRITE.
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