Skip to content
Saving recent analysis
No image yet
LitehouseCondiments · 0815441010927

Litehouse, honey mustard dressing

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Mustard
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    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. 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

  • Soya oil52.9%No flag›
  • Sugar12.8%No flag›
  • Water12.8%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar10.7%No flag›
  • Yellow mustard5.4%No flag
  • Vinegar2.7%No flag›
  • Water1.3%No flag›
  • Mustard seed0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Turmeric0.2%No flag›
  • Colour0.2%No flag
  • Spice0.2%No flag›
  • Enzyme modified egg yolk2.7%No flag
  • Horseradish mustard1.3%No flag
  • Distilled vinegar0.7%No flag›
  • Water0.3%No flag›
  • Mustard seed0.2%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Horseradish<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Honey0.2%No flag›
  • Acacia gum · E414<0.1%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
  • Mustard<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Calcium disodium edta · E385No flag
  • Added to protect qualityNo flag
  • Yellow 5 · E102High

    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.

Show original label text

Soybean oil, sugar, water, distilled vinegar, yellow mustard [vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric (color), spice], enzyme modified egg yolk, horseradish mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, horseradish, spices), maltodextrin, salt, honey, acacia gum, xanthan gum, mustard flour, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), calcium disodium edta (added to protect quality), yellow 5.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Mustard, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • 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

3 moderate · 1 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

Trust & sources

Where this product data comes from

How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

Image cache

No product image yet

Pending enrichment

Ingredient content

Normalized label parsed

17 items

Your context

Through your lens

Everyday use

A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Change lens

Recent scans

See all

Products you open appear here on this device.