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Brats Cheddar & Bacon Flavor Sausage
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Brats Cheddar & Bacon Flavor Sausage

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).

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 14 May 2026

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    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

  • Pork53.1%No flag›
  • Pasteurized process cheddar cheese23.4%No flag
  • Potato starch11.7%No flag›
  • E460ii5.9%No flag
  • Natamycin · E2355.9%No flag
  • Water11.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup5.9%No flag›
  • And less than 2% of the following2.9%No flag
  • Pork broth with natural flavorings2.9%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin0.8%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring0.7%No flag
  • Hydrolysed corn protein0.4%No flag
  • Sunflower oil0.2%No flag›
  • Smoke flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Bacon<0.1%No flag
  • With salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E250<0.1%High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • Grill flavor<0.1%No flag
  • From vegetable oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Bha · E320<0.1%Moderate

    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

  • Propyl gallate · E310No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
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Pork, pasteurized process cheddar cheese ([cheddar cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes}, water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, salt, fruit and vegetable juice color, paprika extract color, sorbic acid], potato starch and powdered cellulose, natamycin), water, corn syrup, and less than 2% of the following: pork broth with natural flavorings, salt, maltodextrin, natural flavor, hydrolyzed corn protein, sunflower oil, smoke flavor, bacon (cured with salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), grill flavor (from vegetable oil), bha, propyl gallate, citric acid.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 moderate · 2 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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