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German cooked sausages selection
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German cooked sausages selection

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Mustard

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Aug 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. Sodium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Bierwurst50%No flag
  • Pork50%No flag›
  • Water25%No flag›
  • Salt12.5%No flag›
  • Mustard Seeds6.3%No flag›
  • Nutmeg3.1%No flag›
  • Sugar1.6%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.8%No flag›
  • Stabiliser0.4%No flag
  • Sodium Citrate0.4%No flag›
  • Antioxidants0.2%No flag
  • Ascorbic Acid · E3000.2%No flag
  • Sodium Ascorbate · E301<0.1%No flag
  • Mace<0.1%No flag›
  • White Pepper<0.1%No flag›
  • Garlic<0.1%No flag›
  • GingerNo flag›
  • Yeast ExtractNo flag›
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Sodium Nitrite · E250High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • ExtrawurstNo flag
  • PorkNo flag›
  • WaterNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • StabiliserNo flag
  • Sodium CitrateNo flag›
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Glucose SyrupNo flag›
  • DextroseNo flag›
  • Yeast ExtractNo flag›
  • Rapeseed OilNo flag›
  • AntioxidantNo flag
  • Sodium Ascorbate · E301No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Sodium Nitrate · E251Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

  • GarlicNo flag›
  • White OnionNo flag
  • SchinkenwurstNo flag
  • PorkNo flag›
  • WaterNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • GarlicNo flag›
  • White PepperNo flag›
  • StabiliserNo flag
  • Sodium CitrateNo flag›
  • AntioxidantsNo flag
  • Sodium Acetate · E262iNo flag
  • Sodium Ascorbate · E301No flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Glucose SyrupNo flag›
  • DextroseNo flag›
  • Yeast ExtractNo flag›
  • Rapeseed OilNo flag›
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Sodium Nitrate · E251Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

  • White OnionNo flag
  • Mace Allergy adviceNo flag
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Bierwurst: Pork (85%), Water, Salt, Mustard Seeds, Nutmeg, Sugar, Dextrose, Stabiliser: Sodium Citrate; Antioxidants: Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate, Mace, White Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Yeast Extract, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite. Extrawurst: Pork (82%), Water, Salt, Stabiliser: Sodium Citrate, Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Yeast Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate, Preservative: Sodium Nitrate, Garlic, White Onion. Schinkenwurst: Pork (85%), Water, Salt, Garlic, White Pepper, Stabiliser: Sodium Citrate; Antioxidants: Sodium Acetate, Sodium Ascorbate; Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Yeast Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Preservative: Sodium Nitrate; White Onion, Mace Allergy advice:

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Mustard.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Aug 2025

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.
  • Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

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