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Macarons aperitifs
Carrefour, Carrefour extraSnacks · 3560071470401

Macarons aperitifs

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Tree nuts

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium nitriteHigh concernForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
    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. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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

  • Icing sugar32.2%No flag
  • Almond17.9%No flag›
  • Bloc de fois gras de canard17%No flag
  • Duck foie gras15%No flag
  • Water1.1%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Port0.2%No flag
  • Armagnac0.1%No flag
  • Pepper<0.1%No flag›
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Nitrite de sodium · E250<0.1%High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • Antioxidant<0.1%No flag
  • Ascorbate de sodium · E301<0.1%No flag
  • Sugar11.6%No flag›
  • Egg white11.6%No flag›
  • Fig paste6.2%No flag
  • Butter1.8%No flag›
  • Cream0.9%No flag›
  • Fleur de sel0.4%No flag
  • Thickener0.4%No flag
  • Carraghénane · E4070.4%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

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Sucre glace, _amandes_ 17,9%, bloc de fois gras de canard 17% (foie gras de canard 15%, eau, sel, porto, armagnac, poivres, sucre, conservateur : nitrite de sodium, antioxydant : ascorbate de sodium), sucre, blanc d'_œuf_, pâte de figue 6,2%, _beurre_, _crème_, fleur de sel, épaississant : carraghénane. Peut contenir des traces de gluten, soja, sésame, arachides et autres fruits à coques.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Tree nuts.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 4 not assessed

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