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Soy sauce
mee chun canning co.Condiments · 0077101010221

Soy sauce

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Benzoic acidModerate concernPreservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
    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. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    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

  • White soybean22%No flag
  • Wheat flour39%No flag›
  • Sugar19.5%No flag›
  • Salt9.8%No flag›
  • Flavour enhancer4.9%No flag
  • E6214.9%Moderate

    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

  • Preservative4.9%No flag
  • E2104.9%Moderate

    Preservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.

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WHITE SOYBEAN (22%), WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, FLAVOUR ENHANCER: E621 & PRESERVATIVE: E210

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Benzoic acidPreservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 3 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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