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Meats And Their Products · 0046158202156

Chili flavored cheese franks

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

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.

  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. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Pork52.8%No flag›
  • Beef23.6%No flag›
  • Water11.8%No flag›
  • Pasteurized cheese product5.9%No flag
  • Cultured pasteurized milk3%No flag
  • Water1.5%No flag›
  • Cream0.7%No flag›
  • Milkfat0.4%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate less than 2% of0.2%No flag
  • Whey protein0.2%No flag›
  • Enzyme<0.1%No flag›
  • Whey<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Soda ash<0.1%No flag›
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Potato starchNo flag›
  • E460iiNo flag
  • Natamycin · E235No flag
  • Salt1.2%No flag›
  • Contains less than 2% of corn syrup solids1.2%No flag
  • Potassium lactate · E3261.2%No flag
  • Flavouring1.1%No flag
  • Dextrose0.6%No flag›
  • Spice0.3%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.1%No flag
  • Tomato<0.1%No flag›
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Paprika<0.1%No flag›
  • E262iiNo flag
  • Oleoresin of paprika · E160cNo flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E316No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E250High

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

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Pork, beef, water, pasteurized cheese product (cultured pasteurized milk, water, cream, milk fat, sodium phosphate less than 2% of: whey protein concentrate, enzymes, whey, salt, soda ash, potassium sorbate (preservative), cellulose gum, potato starch and/or powdered cellulose, natamycin) salt, contains less than 2% of corn syrup solids, potassium lactate, flavorings, dextrose, spices, sodium phosphate, tomato powder, onion, paprika, sodium diacetate, oleoresin of paprika, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

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.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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