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Frozen Foods · 0672724790200

Buffalo style hot wings

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Chicken wing sections52.8%No flag›
  • Water23.6%No flag›
  • Cultured corn sugar11.8%No flag
  • Vinegar5.9%No flag›
  • Coating1.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring0.8%No flag
  • Sodium phosphate · E3391.7%No flag
  • Glazed with1.3%No flag
  • Glaze0.7%No flag›
  • Hot sauce0.3%No flag›
  • Fresh red ripe cayenne peppers0.3%No flag
  • Distilled vinegar0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Water0.2%No flag›
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Chili pepper<0.1%No flag›
  • Cellulose gum · E466<0.1%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Modified food starch<0.1%No flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • And spiceNo flag›
  • WaterNo flag›
  • Coated withNo flag
  • Wheat flourNo flag›
  • Modified food starchNo flag›
  • Set in soybean oilNo flag
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Chicken wing sections, water, cultured corn sugar and vinegar, seasoning (salt and natural flavor) and sodium phosphate. glazed with: glaze [hot sauce (fresh red ripe cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, salt), water, soybean oil, chili pepper, cellulose gum, modified food starch, salt, and spice extractives] and water. coated with: wheat flour and modified food starch. set in soybean oil.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 2 moderate · 6 not assessed

6 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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