VerdictConsider avoiding
Summer Sausage - Smoked, Sliced
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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.
- DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
OpenClose
How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
Overall food-health band