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Irish Shaved Baked Ham
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).
- High
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 2 Apr 2026
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Potassium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor 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
- Irish pork95.7%No flag
- Preservative1.1%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E2501.1%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Potassium nitrate · E2521.1%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
- Lidl1.1%No flag
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irish pork, salt, preservatives: sodium nitrite, potassium nitrate, made with 114g of pork per 100g of finished product, lidl
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.
- Potassium nitrateReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
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