Declared allergens
This product declares Egg, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Potato salad
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
- High
Allergens
- Egg
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Dressing21.4%No flag
- Salad dressing10.7%No flag
- Calcium disodium edta · E385<0.1%No flag
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Salad mustard5.4%No flag
- #1 mustard seed0.7%No flag
- E160ai2.7%No flag
- Colour2.7%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2021.3%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2111.3%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium benzoate · E2111.3%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative1.3%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2021.3%No flag
- Preservative1.3%No flag
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Potatoes, dressing (salad dressing [soybean oil, water, vinegar, sugar, food starch-modified, egg yolks, salt, spices, onion powder, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), natural flavors], salad mustard [vinegar, water, #1 mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spices], beta carotene [color], potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), onions, water, dehydrated red peppers, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative).
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- 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
What drives this
- WaterLow concern
3 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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