Yellow Scotch Bonnet Pepper by Jamaica Valley · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Jamaica Valley JVJamaica Valley
VerdictConsider avoidingYellow Scotch Bonnet Pepper
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 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 healthCritical
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2final band "critical" (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 (6)
- SCOTCH BONNET PEPPER58.333333333333336%—
- VINEGAR20.833333333333332%—›
- ONION10.416666666666664%—›
- SODIUM BENZOATE5.208333333333329%⚠ moderate
- PRESERVATIVE5.208333333333329%—
- SODIUM METABISULPHATE2.6041666666666643%—›
- PRESERVATIVE2.6041666666666643%—
- XANTHAM GUM2.604166666666657%—
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SCOTCH BONNET PEPPER, VINEGAR, ONION. SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM METABISULPHATE (PRESERVATIVE), XANTHAM GUM.
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.