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Condiments · 0739263200062

Buffalo wing sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. Polysorbate 80Minor 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

  • Hot sauce54.5%No flag›
  • Aged cayenne peppers28.4%No flag
  • Vinegar13.1%No flag›
  • Salt2.5%No flag›
  • Garlic10.6%No flag›
  • Margarine22.7%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated soy oil11.4%No flag
  • Water5.7%No flag›
  • Salt2.5%No flag›
  • Vegetable mono- and diglycerides1.6%No flag
  • Soya lecithin0.8%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.4%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Preservative0.4%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.2%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor<0.1%No flag
  • E160ai<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Honey11.4%No flag›
  • Water5.7%No flag›
  • Garlic2.8%No flag›
  • Spice1.4%No flag›
  • Concentrated lemon juice0.7%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E4150.4%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Preservative0.2%No flag
  • Polysorbate 80 · E433<0.1%Low

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

  • Emulsifier<0.1%No flag
  • Propylene glycol alginate · E405<0.1%No flag
Show original label text

Hot sauce(aged cayenne peppers, vinegar, salt and garlic), liquid margarine(liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, vegetable mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate(preservative), citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor, beta carotene(color), vitamin a palmitate added), honey, water, garlic powder, spice, lemon juice concentrate, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (preservative), polysorbate 80 (emulsifier), propylene glycol alginate(gum).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

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

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.
  • Polysorbate 80Synthetic 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

2 low · 4 not assessed

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