Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 5 Oct 2025
Cheese hotdogs
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 5 Oct 2025
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.
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.
Ingredients
- Pasteurized prepared cheddar cheese product2.9%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
- Sodium alginate · E401<0.1%No flag
- Sorbic acid as a preservativeNo flag
- Apocarotenal · E160eNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- Lactic fermentsNo flag
- Contains less than 2% of salt0.7%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E3390.4%No flag
- Potassium chloride · E5080.2%No flag
- E262ii<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium ascorbate · E301<0.1%No flag
- Flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E250<0.1%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
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MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED TURKEY, PORK, WATER, PASTEURIZED PREPARED CHEDDAR CHEESE PRODUCT (MILK, WATER, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILK FAT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, SODIUM ALGINATE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR), ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE), CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FLAVOR, SODIUM NITRITE, CONTAINS: MILK
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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.
- 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
What drives this
- WaterModerate concern
- Corn SyrupLow concern
3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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