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Less sodium soy sauce
Lee Kum Kee, Lee Kum Kee Co. Ltd.Condiments · 0078895131413

Less sodium soy sauce

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 21 Dec 2022

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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

  • Water70%No flag›
  • Salt5%No flag›
  • Soya bean5%No flag›
  • Sugar3.3%No flag›
  • Wheat flour3.3%No flag›
  • Less than 2 percent of caramel color3.3%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E2703.3%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate added as a preservative3.3%No flag
  • Disodium 5'-inosinate and disodium 5'-guanylate as flavor enhancers3.3%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Water, salt, soybeans, sugar, wheat flour, less than 2 percent of caramel color, lactic acid, sodium benzoate added as a preservative, disodium 5'-inosinate and disodium 5'-guanylate as flavor enhancers.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 21 Dec 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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