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Brats With Bacon Jerky

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 22 Apr 2020

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

  • Pork53.8%No flag›
  • Water23.1%No flag›
  • Bacon jerky11.5%No flag
  • Bacon5.8%No flag
  • Water2.9%No flag›
  • Salt1.3%No flag›
  • Sugar0.6%No flag›
  • Smoke flavouring0.5%No flag
  • Less than 2% of sodium phosphate0.2%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3160.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrate · E2510.1%Moderate

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

  • With 2% and less of the following salt5.8%No flag
  • Flavouring2.5%No flag
  • Brown sugar0.6%No flag›
  • Sugar0.6%No flag›
  • Paprika0.6%No flag›
  • Garlic0.6%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.5%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3160.2%No flag
  • Sodium nitrate · E2510.1%Moderate

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

  • Beef collagen casing0.1%No flag
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Pork, water, bacon jerky (bacon, water, salt, sugar, smoke flavoring, less than 2% of sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate), with 2% or less of the following salt, flavoring, brown sugar, natural hardwood smoked sugar, paprika, dehydrated garlic, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, beef collagen casing.

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

What drives this

4 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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