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Sweet Chili Sauce
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 19 Oct 2025
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Ingredients
- Tomato concentrate5.9%No flag
- Tomato concentrate3%No flag
- Citric acid · E3303%No flag
- Ketchup3%No flag
- Tomato concentrate from vine-ripened tomatoes1.5%No flag
- Less than 2% of<0.1%No flag
- Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E3000.7%No flag
- Gochujang hot pepper paste0.7%No flag
- Tapioca syrup0.2%No flag
- Brown rice flour<0.1%No flag
- To preserve freshnessNo flag
- Pectin · E440a0.4%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Assists gel<0.1%No flag
- Fruit pectin<0.1%No flag
- Filtered water<0.1%No flag
- Concentrated lemon juice<0.1%No flag
- Less than 2% of<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
- Spice blendNo flag
- Spices including paprikaNo flag
- And NOT MORE THAN 0.5% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKINGNo flag
- Monosodium glutamate · E621Moderate
Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Ground red cayenne pepperNo flag
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SUGAR, WATER, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE (TOMATO PASTE, CITRIC ACID), KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE FROM VINE-RIPENED TOMATOES, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF: SPICES, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS), PINEAPPLE JUICE (PINEAPPLE JUICE AND ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C)), GOCHUJANG HOT PEPPER PASTE (WATER, TAPIOCA SYRUP, BROWN RICE, RED PEPPER POWDER, SALT, BROWN RICE FLOUR, ALCOHOL (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), GARLIC, ONION), PECTIN (DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID (ASSISTS GEL), FRUIT PECTIN), LEMON JUICE (FILTERED WATER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, LESS THAN 2% OF: SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE)), SALT, CRUSHED RED PEPPER, POTASSIUM SORBATE, GRANULATED GARLIC, SPICE BLEND (SPICES INCLUDING PAPRIKA, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC AND ONION, AND NOT MORE THAN 0.5% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, BLACK PEPPER, GROUND RED CAYENNE PEPPER
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
4 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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