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Bacon Pieces
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium nitrate).
- Critical
Allergens
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 8 Feb 2026
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Bacon100%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E3163.8%No flag
- Sodium nitrate · E2513.8%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- May also contain smoke flavoring3.8%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E3393.8%No flag
- Potassium chloride · E5083.1%No flag
- Flavouring3.1%No flag
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BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRATE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMOKE FLAVORING, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, FLAVORING).
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.
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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