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Meats And Their Products · 0041130592638

Gourmet bratwurst

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

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.

  1. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    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. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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

  • Pork77.1%No flag›
  • Coating4.6%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Natural beer flavor0.8%No flag
  • Maltodextrin0.4%No flag›
  • Beer0.4%No flag›
  • Malted barley0.2%No flag›
  • Corn syrup<0.1%No flag›
  • Hops<0.1%No flag›
  • Yeast<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice0.8%No flag›
  • Including celery0.8%No flag›
  • Corn syrup solids0.8%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.8%No flag›
  • Onion0.8%No flag›
  • Water4.6%No flag›
  • Bha · E3204.6%Moderate

    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

  • Bht · E3214.6%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • Citric acid · E3304.6%No flag
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Pork, seasoning (salt, natural beer flavor [maltodextrin, beer (malted barley, corn syrup, hops, yeast)], spices [including celery], corn syrup solids, dextrose, onion powder), water, bha, bht, citric acid.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 1 moderate · 1 not assessed

1 of 3 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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