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Refried Pinto Beans
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Refried Pinto Beans

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Oct 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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

  • Pinto beans54.5%No flag
  • Water22.7%No flag›
  • Tomato concentrate11.4%No flag
  • Jalapeno pepper5.7%No flag›
  • Jalapeno peppers2.8%No flag›
  • Water1.4%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.7%No flag›
  • Ionized slat0.4%No flag
  • Fructose0.2%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Calcium chloride · E509<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<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.

  • Sodium metabisulifte as preservativeNo flag
  • TurmericNo flag›
  • Salt2.8%No flag›
  • Soya oil1.4%No flag›
  • Onion0.7%No flag›
  • Garlic0.4%No flag›
  • Powder0.2%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium disodium EDTA · E385<0.1%No flag
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COOKED PINTO BEANS, WATER, TOMATO PASTE, JALAPENO PEPPER (JALAPENO PEPPERS, WATER, VINEGAR, IONIZED SLAT, FRUCTOSE, SPICES, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM METABISULIFTE AS PRESERVATIVE AND TURMERIC), SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CHILE POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Oct 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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

3 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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