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Meats And Their Products · 0722413171763

Fully cooked italian style meatballs

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Calcium propionate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Sesame
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Pork54.5%No flag›
  • Beef22.7%No flag›
  • Water11.4%No flag›
  • Breadcrumbs5.7%No flag
  • Wheat flour2.8%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour1.4%No flag›
  • Dough starter0.7%No flag
  • Egg0.4%No flag›
  • Soya flour0.2%No flag›
  • Whey0.2%No flag›
  • Water0.4%No flag›
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Vital wheat gluten<0.1%No flag
  • Yeast<0.1%No flag›
  • Calcium sulfate · E516No flag
  • MonoglyceridesNo flag›
  • Calcium propionate · E282Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
  • SslNo flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • FlourNo flag›
  • Niacin · E375No flag
  • Reduced ironNo flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrateNo flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • Folic acidNo flag›
  • Datem · E472eNo flag
  • Calcium sulfate · E516No flag
  • E341iiiNo flag
  • Magnesium carbonate · E504iNo flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E300No flag
  • L-cysteine · E920No flag
  • Sesame seedsNo flag
  • Eggs2.8%No flag›
  • Onion1.4%No flag›
  • Parmigiano reggiano0.7%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk0.4%No flag
  • Lactic ferments0.2%No flag
  • Starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Protein<0.1%No flag
  • Lactose<0.1%No flag›
  • Whey<0.1%No flag›
  • And cellulose · E460<0.1%No flag
  • Anti caking agent<0.1%No flag
  • Textured plant protein0.4%No flag
  • Soya flour0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Garlic<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
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Pork, beef, water, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, malted barley flour, dough starter (egg, soy flour, whey), water, sugar, salt, soybean oil, vital wheat gluten, yeast, calcium sulfate, monoglycerides, calcium propionate, guar gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate (ssl), potassium sorbate, enzymes, enriched bleached flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, datem, calcium sulfate, tricalcium phosphate, magnesium carbonate, ascorbic acid, l-cysteine, sesame seeds), eggs, onion, parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, starch, protein, lactose, whey solids, and cellulose (to prevent caking)), textured vegetable protein (soy flour), salt, garlic, spice.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Sesame, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 8 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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