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Meals · 0075450501872

Ham salad

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Celery
  • Egg
  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sunset yellow FCFHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

  • Smoked ham water added62.5%No flag
  • With water32.3%No flag›
  • Salt1.1%No flag›
  • Dextrose1.1%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3391.1%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3161.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E2501.1%High

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

  • May also contain sugar1.1%No flag
  • Potassium lactate · E3261.1%No flag
  • Modified potato starch1.1%No flag
  • E262ii1.1%No flag
  • Corn syrup1.1%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified19.4%No flag›
  • Dressing18.8%No flag
  • Soya oil9.4%No flag›
  • Sugar4.7%No flag›
  • Pickle relish2.3%No flag
  • Cucumbers1.2%No flag›
  • Fructose0.6%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Water1.2%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.6%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified0.3%No flag›
  • Egg yolk0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Artificial red food colorNo flag
  • Certified colorNo flag
  • Red #40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Yellow #6 · E110High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • WaterNo flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Calcium disodium edta · E385No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Celery9.4%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E4159.4%No flag
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Smoked ham water added (cured with water, salt, dextrose, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, may also contain sugar, potassium lactate, modified potato starch, sodium diacetate, corn syrup, food starch-modified), dressing (soybean oil, sugar, pickle relish [cucumbers, fructose, vinegar, salt, xanthan gum, natural flavors], water, vinegar, food starch-modified, egg yolk, salt, spices, onion powder, artificial red food color [certified color, red #40, yellow #6, water, sodium benzoate], calcium disodium edta [to protect flavor], natural flavors), celery, xanthan gum.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Celery, Egg, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
  • 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

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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