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Hanover Foods Corp.0041156000544

Creamed Chipped Beef

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
  • Soy

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

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. 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

  • Milk58.3%No flag›
  • CHUNKED and FORMED CHIPPED BEEF20.8%No flag
  • Beef10.4%No flag›
  • Salt5.2%No flag›
  • Dextrose2.6%No flag›
  • Sodium nitrite · E2502.6%High

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

  • Margarine10.4%No flag›
  • Soya oil5.2%No flag›
  • Palm oil2.6%No flag›
  • Water1.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E4710.3%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate

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

  • Preservative0.2%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Annatto color<0.1%No flag›
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch5.2%No flag›
  • Fortified wheat flour2.6%No flag
  • Wheat flour1.3%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3750.7%No flag
  • Iron0.3%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.2%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
  • Folic acid<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice2.6%No flag›
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MILK, CHUNKED AND FORMED CHIPPED BEEF (BEEF, SALT, DEXTROSE, SODIUM NITRITE), MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), SPICE.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.

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

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.
  • 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 these 4 ingredients yet.

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