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Seafood · 0011225132698

Cooked shrimp with cocktail sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Mustard
  • Shellfish

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 1 Nov 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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. 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 shrimp86%No flag
  • Salt1%No flag›
  • Cocktail sauce1%No flag
  • Tomato concentrate1%No flag
  • Water1%No flag›
  • Horseradish1%No flag›
  • Horseradish0.5%No flag›
  • Water0.3%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Artificial mustard flavor in soybean oil<0.1%No flag
  • Sugar1%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar1%No flag›
  • Salt1%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E4151%No flag
  • Onion1%No flag›
  • Garlic1%No flag›
  • Potassium sorbate · E2021%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2111%Moderate

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

  • To preserve freshness1%No flag
  • Artificial horseradish flavor1%No flag
  • Red 40 · E1291%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

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Cooked shrimp, salt. cocktail sauce: tomato paste, water, prepared horseradish (horseradish, water, distilled vinegar, salt, artificial mustard flavor in soybean oil), sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, xanthan gum, onion powder, garlic powder, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness), artificial horseradish flavor, red 40.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Mustard, Shellfish.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 1 Nov 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • 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

4 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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