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Cotto salami
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium nitrate).
- Critical
Allergens
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- 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
- Modified food0.7%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of beef0.4%No flag
- Flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Potassium lactate · E326<0.1%No flag
- E262ii<0.1%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
- Sodium lactate · E325No flag
- Sodium nitrate · E251Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Sodium phosphate · E339No flag
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Mechanically separated chicken, pork, beef hearts, water, corn syrup, starch (potato starch, modified food), salt, contains 2% or less of beef, dextrose, flavorings, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium lactate, sodium nitrate, sodium phosphate, turkey.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- WaterLow concern
- Corn SyrupLow concern
- SaltLow concern
5 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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