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This product declares Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026
Iceland Gammon
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).
- Critical
Allergens
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Potassium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor 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
- Pork leg80%No flag
- Honey sauce8%No flag
- Barley malt extract0.1%No flag
- Preservative0.1%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2020.1%No flag
- Preservative0.1%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E2500.1%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Potassium nitrate · E2520.1%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
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pork leg (80%), water, honey sauce (8%) (water, honey, glucose syrup, modified maize starch, salt, barley malt extract, preservative: potassium sorbate), salt, brown sugar, fructose, preservatives: sodium nitrite, potassium nitrate
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Potassium nitrateReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
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