Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Chef salad
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
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.
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.
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.
Ingredients
- Lettuce blend56.3%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.7%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative0.7%No flag
- All natural turkey breast2.7%No flag
- Swiss cheese1.4%No flag
- Cultured reduced fat milk0.7%No flag
- Ham0.7%No flag
- Ham with0.3%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E250<0.1%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
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Lettuce blend (lettuce, carrots, red cabbage), tomatoes, cucumbers, egg (eggs, water, citric acid, sodium benzoate [preservative]), all natural turkey breast (turkey breast, water, salt, sugar), swiss cheese (cultured reduced fat milk, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), ham (ham cured with: water, salt, dextrose, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), onions.
Alerts
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.
- 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
- CucumberLow concern
3 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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