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British Outdoor Bred Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).
- Critical
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 25 Apr 2026
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 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
- British Pork94.3%No flag
- Made with 105g of Raw Pork per 100g of Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon94.3%No flag
- Curing Salt2.8%No flag
- Preservative0.7%No flag
- Sodium Nitrite · E2500.7%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Sodium Nitrate · E2510.7%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Demerara Sugar0.3%No flag
- Antioxidant2.3%No flag
- E3012.3%No flag
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British Pork (made with 105g of Raw Pork per 100g of Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon) ,Curing Salt (Salt, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Nitrate), Demerara Sugar, Sugar, Antioxidant: E301
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 nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
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