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Chef JennDesserts · 0859098005035

Blackened Shrimp Cakes

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Celery
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Mustard
  • Shellfish
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Shrimp52%No flag›
  • Wheat flour24%No flag›
  • Margarine12%No flag›
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil6%No flag›
  • Water3%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Vegetable mono- and diglycerides0.8%No flag
  • Soya lecithin0.7%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.3%Moderate

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

  • Preservative0.3%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.2%No flag
  • Artificial butter flavor<0.1%No flag
  • E160ai<0.1%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor<0.1%No flag
  • Soya oil6%No flag›
  • Red bell pepper3%No flag›
  • Water1.5%No flag›
  • Spring onion0.8%No flag
  • Egg0.4%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of the following<0.1%No flag
  • Distilled vinegar<0.1%No flag›
  • Oleoresin paprika · E160c<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • YeastNo flag›
  • Evaporated cane juiceNo flag
  • Sea saltNo flag›
  • Mustard seedNo flag›
  • White wineNo flag›
  • Tartaric acid · E334No flag
  • GarlicNo flag›
  • Celery saltNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Celery seedNo flag›
  • Herbs and spicesNo flag
  • Dehydrated onionNo flag
  • ParsleyNo flag›
  • Potassium chloride · E508No flag
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Shrimp, bleached wheat flour, liquid margarine [liquid and partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, vegetable mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate (preservative), citric acid, artificial butter flavor, beta carotene, vitamin a palmitate, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor], soybean oil, roasted red peppers, water, sliced green onions, dried egg, modified cornstarch. contains 2% or less of the following: distilled vinegar, oleoresin paprika, natural flavor, citric acid, yeast, evaporated cane juice, sea salt, mustard seed, white wine, tartaric acid, garlic, celery salt (salt, celery seed), herbs and spices, dehydrated onion, parsley, potassium chloride.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Celery, Egg, Gluten, Mustard, Shellfish, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 3 low · 10 not assessed

10 of 14 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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