Declared allergens
This product declares Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Egg salad on white bread
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
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.
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.
Calcium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- 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
- White bread75%No flag
- Fortified wheat flour38.6%No flag
- Niacin · E3754.8%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.6%No flag
- Calcium propionate · E2820.7%Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Crumb softener0.7%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of0.3%No flag
- Antioxidants0.2%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E300<0.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Flour treatment agent0.7%No flag
- Calcium sulfate · E5160.7%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of0.7%No flag
- Dough strengthener0.7%No flag
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E4810.7%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E3000.7%No flag
- Oxidation0.7%No flag
- Flour treatment agent0.7%No flag
- Diacotyl tartaric acid ester of monodiglycerides0.7%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of0.7%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E3000.7%No flag
- L-cysteine hydrochloride · E9203.7%No flag
- Egg salad25%No flag
- Citric acid · E3301.6%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2111.6%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative1.6%No flag
- Mayonnaise6.3%No flag
- Contains less than 2% of<0.1%No flag
- Calcium disodium edta to protect flavor<0.1%No flag
- E262ii0.3%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
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White bread (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, sugar, palm oil, salt, yeast, calcium propionate, crumb softener [monoglycerides, contains 2% or less of: antioxidants {ascorbic acid, citric acid}] dough conditioner [calcium sulfate, wheat starch, wheat flour, contains 2% or less of: enzymes {wheat}, salt], dough strengthener [sodium stearoyl lactylate], ascorbic acid [oxidation], dough conditioner [wheat flour, diacotyl tartaric acid ester of mono-diglycerides, contains 2% or less of: soybean oil, enzymes {wheat}, ascorbic acid, l-cysteine hydrochloride). egg salad (egg [eggs, water, citric acid, sodium benzoate {preservative}], mayonnaise [soybean oil, egg yolk, water, high fructose corn syrup, vinegar, contains less than 2% of: salt, spice, calcium disodium edta to protect flavor], white pepper, salt, modified corn starch, maltodextrin, cultured dextrose, sodium diacetate, sodium chloride, egg white lysozyme, nisin preparation, cultured dextrose, maltodextrin, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, onion powder).
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
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