Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
Why this band?
How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health band
Food health
Critical
NutritionCritical
nutri-score e
Processing
nova 4
AdditivesHigh
2 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.
Carrageenan — Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Turkey stick: turkey, mechanically separated turkey. contains 2% or less of: salt, corn syrup solids, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, carrageenan, sodium erythorbate, garlic powder, sodium nitrite. in collagen casing. pasteurized process cheddar cheese food: natural american cheeses (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), water, sodium phosphate, natural flavoring, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), color (paprika and tumeric extract).
Decision read
Probably skip for food use
Probably skip
This 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. Bias toward food-use coverage and published ingestible context.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
