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Smoked Bratwurst With Cheddar Cheese
MeijerMeats And Their Products · 0713833496581

Smoked Bratwurst With Cheddar Cheese

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Natural colour; occasional allergic/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.

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

Ingredients

  • Meat ingredients53.8%No flag
  • Pork28.8%No flag›
  • Beef25%No flag›
  • Water23.1%No flag›
  • Pasteurized process cheddar cheese11.5%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese5.8%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk2.9%No flag
  • Lactic ferments1.4%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.7%No flag›
  • Water2.9%No flag›
  • Milkfat1.4%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.7%No flag
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Sorbic acid · E2000.2%No flag
  • Vegetable pigment0.2%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b<0.1%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Paprika extracts · E160c<0.1%No flag
  • With 2% and less of the following1.2%No flag
  • Salt1.2%No flag›
  • Sugar1.2%No flag›
  • Corn syrup solids1.2%No flag›
  • Natural spices1.2%No flag
  • Dextrose1.2%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphates · E3391.2%No flag
  • Potassium chloride · E5081.2%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3161.2%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E2501.1%High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • Beef collagen casing1.1%No flag
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Meat ingredients (pork, beef), water, pasteurized process cheddar cheese [cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid, vegetable color (annatto and paprika extracts)], with 2% or less of the following: salt, sugar, corn syrup solids, natural spices, dextrose, sodium phosphates, potassium chloride, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, beef collagen casing.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

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.
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 3 low

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