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Beans & Franks
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium nitrate).
- High
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 21 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is 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.
Ingredients
- White beans55%No flag
- Franks11.3%No flag
- Containing5.6%No flag
- Flavouring0.4%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
- Sodium nitrate · E251<0.1%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Tomato concentrate5.6%No flag
- Tomato concentrate2.8%No flag
- Contains less than 2% of1%No flag
- Oleoresin paprika · E160c0.7%No flag
- Colour0.7%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.7%No flag
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PREPARED WHITE BEANS, WATER, FRANKS (CONTAINING: MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, SALT, BEEF, FLAVORING, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRATE), TOMATO CONCENTRATE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, ONION POWDER, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (FOR COLOR), NATURAL FLAVORS.
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
1 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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