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6 Ham & Cheese Patties

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

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

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

  • Ham56.3%No flag
  • Pasteurized process cheddar cheese21.9%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese10.9%No flag
  • Soured milk5.5%No flag
  • Salt2.7%No flag›
  • Enzyme2.7%No flag›
  • Milkfat5.5%No flag›
  • Sodium citrate2.7%No flag›
  • Sodium citrate1.4%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphates · E3390.7%No flag
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Sorbic acid · E2000.2%No flag
  • Preservative0.2%No flag
  • Colour0.2%No flag
  • Water10.9%No flag›
  • Salt5.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose2.7%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphates · E3391.4%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3160.7%No flag
  • Sodium nitrate · E2510.7%Moderate

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

Show original label text

HAM, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], MILKFAT, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT, SORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE], ARTIFICIAL COLOR), WATER, SALT, DEXTROSE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRATE.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

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

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

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