Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 11 Nov 2025
Berkshire Pork Coarse Sausage
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Gluten
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 11 Nov 2025
Why it's rated this way
4 additives on this label are 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.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- 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.
Disodium guanylateMinor concernRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
- 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.
Disodium inosinateMinor concernRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
- 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
- Berkshire pork48.5%No flag
- And LESS OF POTATO STARCH2%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E3390.9%No flag
- Skimmed milk powder0.9%No flag
- Monosodium glutamate · E6210.9%Moderate
Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- Sodium acetate · E262i0.9%No flag
- E262ii0.9%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.3%No flag
- Smoke flavouring0.3%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E3160.1%No flag
- Sodium caserinate<0.1%No flag
- Tapica maltodextrin<0.1%No flag
- Rendered bacon fat<0.1%No flag
- BaconNo flag
- Cured pork with waterNo flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339No flag
- Sodium nitrate · E251Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Smoke flavouringNo flag
- Sodium nitrate · E251Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Gum arabic · E414No flag
- Disodium inosinate · E631Low
Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
- Disodium guanylate · E627Low
Ribonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
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BERKSHIRE PORK, WATER, SALT AND 2% OR LESS OF POTATO STARCH, DEXTROSE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SUGAR, NON FAT DRY MILK, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM ACETATE, SPICES, SODIUM DIACETATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR (WITH SMOKE FLAVOR), SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM CASERINATE (MILK), TAPICA MALTODEXTRIN, RENDERED BACON FAT AND COOKED BACON (CURED PORK WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM NITRATE AND SMOKE FLAVOR, SOYBEAN, WHEAT (GLUTEN), SODIUM NITRATE, MALTODEXTRIN, GUM ARABIC, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE.
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- Disodium guanylateRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
- Disodium inosinateRibonucleotide flavour enhancer typically used together with monosodium glutamate (E621); may contribute to symptoms reported by glutamate-sensitive individuals.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
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