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Seafood · 0023900050000

Flake style imitation crabmeat

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Egg
  • Fish
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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. DiphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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.
  3. PolyphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Fish protein52.5%No flag
  • Alaska pollock27.5%No flag›
  • Gadus chalcogramma27.5%No flag
  • Pacific whiting25%No flag›
  • North pacific hake25%No flag›
  • Water23.8%No flag›
  • Sugar2.9%No flag›
  • Wheat starch2.9%No flag›
  • Potato starch2.9%No flag›
  • Tapioca starch2.9%No flag
  • Egg white2.9%No flag›
  • Soya oil2.9%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of2.9%No flag
  • King crab meat2.9%No flag
  • Natural and artificial crab flavor1.6%No flag
  • Sorbitol · E4200.8%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E4070.4%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Mirin wine0.2%No flag›
  • Sake<0.1%No flag
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • Yeast extract<0.1%No flag›
  • Potassium chloride · E508<0.1%No flag
  • E452vi<0.1%No flag
  • To retain moisture<0.1%No flag
  • E450iii<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Carmine · E120No flag
  • Paprika oleoresin · E160cNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Diphosphates (E450)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

  • Polyphosphates (E452)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Fish protein [alaska pollock (gadus chalcogramma) and/or pacific whiting (merluccius productus)], water, sugar, wheat starch, potato starch, tapioca starch, egg whites, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: king crab meat, natural and artificial crab flavor, sorbitol, carrageenan, mirin wine (sake, sugar, salt, water, yeast extract), potassium chloride, sodium tripolyphosphate (to retain moisture), tetrasodium pyrophosphate, salt, carmine, paprika oleoresin, color added.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Egg, Fish, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
  • PolyphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 1 low · 4 not assessed

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