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Oyster Sauce
Mae KruaCondiments · 8850038400035

Oyster Sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Molluscs
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 7 May 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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

  • Oysters30%No flag›
  • Soy sauce28.8%No flag›
  • Water11.8%No flag›
  • Sugar10.1%No flag›
  • Iodised salt8.1%No flag
  • Thickener7.5%No flag
  • Modified starch7.5%No flag›
  • Corn starch3.5%No flag›
  • Acidity regulator0.1%No flag
  • Glucono delta-lactone · E5750.1%No flag
  • Preservative0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.1%Moderate

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

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Oysters 30.00%, soy sauce 28.80%, water 11.80%, sugar 10.10%, iodized salt 8.10%, Thickener (modified starch) 7.50%, corn starch 3.50%, Acidity regulator (glucono delta-lactone) 0.10%, preservative (sodium benzoate)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Molluscs, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 7 May 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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