Dark Soy Sauce by Taste of China · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingDark Soy Sauce
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- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
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
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (10)
- Water69.845%—›
- Soy bean22%—›
- Salt1.165%—›
- Colour1.165%—
- Ammonia caramel1.165%—
- Wheat flour1.165%—›
- Sugar1.165%—›
- Potassium sorbate1.165%—
- Xanthan gum1.164999999999985%—
- Acesulfame1.164999999999992%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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water, soy bean (22%), salt, colour: ammonia caramel, wheat flour, sugar, potassium sorbate, xanthan gum, acesulfame
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.