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Chicken franks
Meats And Their Products · 0894792002010

Chicken franks

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 28 Aug 2023

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Chicken52.9%No flag›
  • Chicken fat23.5%No flag›
  • Water11.8%No flag›
  • Corn syrup solids5.9%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified2.9%No flag›
  • Dextrose1.5%No flag›
  • Spice0.7%No flag›
  • Potassium chloride · E5080.4%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium ascorbate · E301No flag
  • GarlicNo flag›
  • Sodium nitrite · E250High

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

  • Natural flavouringNo flag
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Chicken, chicken fat, water, corn syrup solids, food starch-modified, dextrose, spices, potassium chloride, salt, sodium phosphate, spice and color, granulated onion, sodium ascorbate, granulated garlic, sodium nitrite, natural flavoring

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

5 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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