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Italian Dressing & Marinade
First StreetCondiments · 0041512084362

Italian Dressing & Marinade

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 30 Jul 2022

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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

  • Water47.6%No flag›
  • High fructose corn syrup24%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar15.2%No flag›
  • Salt2.4%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil2.4%No flag›
  • Soya oil1.7%No flag›
  • Canola oil0.7%No flag›
  • Less than2%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E4152%No flag
  • Garlic1%No flag›
  • Onion1%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a1%No flag
  • Gum arabic · E4141%No flag
  • Natural flavouring1%No flag
  • Ester gum · E4450.7%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.3%No flag
  • Spice0.2%No flag›
  • Sorbic acid · E200<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

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

  • Calcium disodium edta · E385<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Vitamin e acetate<0.1%No flag›
  • Concentrated lemon juice<0.1%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Water, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, salt, vegetable oil (soybean oil and/or canola oil), less than 2%: xanthan gum, garlic*, onion*, caramel color, gum arabic, natural flavor, ester gum, citric acid, spices, sorbic acid, sodium benzoate and calcium disodium edta (preservative), vitamin e acetate, lemon juice concentrate.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 30 Jul 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • 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

2 moderate · 3 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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