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HUMUS CLASIC

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Sesame

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 25 Feb 2026

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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

  • Cooked chickpeas55.6%No flag
  • Sesame paste22.2%No flag
  • Sunflower oil11.1%No flag›
  • Iodised salt0.5%No flag
  • Suc de lămâie0.5%No flag
  • Usturoi granulat0.5%No flag
  • Sorbat de potasiu · E2020.5%No flag
  • Benzoat de sodiu · E2110.5%Moderate

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

  • Boia de ardei dulce8.7%No flag
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năut fiert, pastă de susan, ulei de floarea-soarelui, sare iodată, suc de lămâie, usturoi granulat, sorbat de potasiu, benzoat de sodiu, boia de ardei dulce

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Sesame.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 25 Feb 2026

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

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