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Ketchup

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

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 28 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Tomato55.6%No flag›
  • Tomate fresco para elaborar 100g de ketchup55.6%No flag
  • Glucose fructose syrup22.2%No flag
  • Vinagre de alcohol azúcar11.1%No flag
  • Modified starch5.6%No flag›
  • Sal estabilizantes2.8%No flag
  • Goma quar1.4%No flag
  • Goma xantanal0.7%No flag
  • Preservative0.3%No flag
  • Sorbato potásico · E2020.2%No flag
  • Benzoato sódico · E2110.2%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Spice0.3%No flag›
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Tomate (150g de tomate fresco para elaborar 100g de ketchup), jarabe de glucosa y fructosa, vinagre de alcohol azúcar, almidón modificado, sal estabilizantes (goma quar, goma xantanal, conservadores (sorbato potásico, benzoato sódico) y aroma (contiene especias)

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

Chemical identity has not been assessed for these 2 ingredients yet.

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