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Sandwiches · 0856061006754

Ham & cheddar cheese on white bread

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • 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. 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. 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

  • White bread66.7%No flag
  • Flour34.8%No flag›
  • Wheat flour17.6%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour8.6%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3754.3%No flag
  • Reduced iron2.2%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.1%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.5%No flag
  • Folic acid0.5%No flag›
  • Water15.9%No flag›
  • Fully refined soybean oil8%No flag
  • Yeast4%No flag›
  • Granulated sugar1.8%No flag
  • Salt0.9%No flag›
  • Wheat gluten0.7%No flag›
  • Calcium propionate · E2820.3%Low

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

  • To retain freshness0.3%No flag
  • Dough improver0.2%No flag
  • Malted wheat flour<0.1%No flag
  • Enzyme<0.1%No flag›
  • And less of<0.1%No flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E300<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium sulfate · E516<0.1%No flag
  • Enzyme<0.1%No flag›
  • Black forest ham16.7%No flag
  • Cured with8.3%No flag
  • Water8.3%No flag›
  • Honey4.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.9%No flag›
  • Less than 2% of0.9%No flag
  • Modified food starch0.9%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.9%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.7%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.4%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E2500.2%High

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

  • And sodium erythorbate · E3160.2%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese16.7%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk8.3%No flag
  • Lactic ferments4.2%No flag
  • Salt0.9%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.9%No flag›
  • Annatto color2.4%No flag›
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White bread (unbleached enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, fully refined soybean oil, yeast, granulated sugar, salt, wheat gluten, calcium propionate [to retain freshness], dough improver [malted wheat flour, enzymes and 2% or less of: ascorbic acid], calcium sulfate, enzymes), black forest ham (cured with: water, honey, salt, less than 2% of: modified food starch, dextrose, vinegar, sodium phosphate, sodium nitrite, and sodium erythorbate), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten.

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

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

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