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Mini stick chorizo doux
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Mini stick chorizo doux

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 19 Mar 2026

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. 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

  • Pork meat87.8%No flag
  • Préparation d'épices pour chorizo4.9%No flag
  • Spice2.8%No flag›
  • Piment doux1.5%No flag
  • Fume et fort1.2%No flag
  • Glucose syrup1.1%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.5%No flag›
  • Herb0.3%No flag
  • Flavouring0.1%No flag
  • Beetroot juice<0.1%No flag›
  • Antioxidant<0.1%No flag
  • Ascorbate de sodium · E301<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Nitrate de potassium · E252<0.1%Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

  • Salt2.5%No flag›
  • Preservative2.4%No flag
  • Nitrite de sodium · E2501.2%High

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

  • Ferment0.6%No flag
  • Casing0.6%No flag
  • Boyau collagénique2.4%No flag
  • Collagen1.2%No flag›
  • Glycérine · E4220.6%No flag
  • Cellulose · E4600.6%No flag
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Viande de porc (Origine: France), préparation d'épices pour chorizo 4.9% (épices (piment doux, fume et fort). sirop de glucose. dextrose, plante aromatique, arômes, poudre de jus de betterave, antioxydant: ascorbate de sodium, conservateur: nitrate de potassium), sel, conservateur: nitrite de sodium. Ferment. Enveloppe: boyau collagénique (collagène, glycérine, cellulose) 166g de viande de porc utilisée pour 100g de produit fini

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.
  • Potassium nitrateReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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