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Chicken & chorizo empanadas
M&SPies · 00667180

Chicken & chorizo empanadas

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Potassium nitrate).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Potassium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Chicken Thighs24%No flag›
  • Rapeseed Oil Red Peppers Red Wine Chorizo Pork Sausage3%No flag
  • Pork Curing Sa Preservative1.5%No flag
  • Potassium Nitrate · E2521.5%Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

  • Sodium Nitrite · E2501.5%No flag
  • Sugar Sweet Paprik Powder Ground White Pepper Antioxidant36.5%No flag
  • E301) Tomato Paste C Spices18.3%No flag
  • Paprika Smoked Paprika Cayenne Pepper18.3%No flag
  • Coriander Sal Purée Parsley Sugar Cornflour Cracked Black Pepper Reduced Sea Salt Dextrose Colour18.3%No flag
  • Paprika Extract Wheat Starch18.3%No flag
  • Contains allergens see ingredients in bold9.1%No flag
  • The UK with M&S assured chicken K and4.6%No flag
  • 104.6%No flag›
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. . IS Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin Thiamin) Chicken Thighs (24%) Rapeseed Oil Red Peppers Red Wine Chorizo Pork Sausage (3%) (Pork Curing Sa Preservative: Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite) Sugar Sweet Paprik Powder Ground White Pepper Antioxidant: E301) Tomato Paste C Spices (Paprika Smoked Paprika Cayenne Pepper) Coriander Sal Purée Parsley Sugar Cornflour Cracked Black Pepper Reduced Sea Salt Dextrose Colour: Paprika Extract Wheat Starch (contains allergens see ingredients in bold. . . the UK with M&S assured chicken K and . • . • 10

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Potassium nitrateReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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

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