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Hickory Smoked Bacon
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Hickory Smoked Bacon

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 16 May 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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

  • Pork with99.3%No flag›
  • Water99.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphates · E3390.2%No flag
  • Brown sugarNo flag›
  • Sodium erythorbate · E316No flag
  • Sodium nitrate · E2510.2%Moderate

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

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Pork cured with: water, salt, sodium phosphates, brown sugar, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 3 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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