Declared allergens
This product declares Celery, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Zesty rice & beans
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- High
Allergens
- Celery
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Phosphoric acidMinor concernAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some 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.
Ingredients
- Cooked rice52.9%No flag
- Long grain par-boiled rice13%No flag
- Niacin · E3750.2%No flag
- Calcium chloride · E5095.7%No flag
- Plantains5.9%No flag
- Tomato concentrate0.4%No flag
- Tomato concentrate0.2%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Concentrated lemon juice<0.1%No flag
- Phosphoric acid · E338Low
Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- To preserve freshnessNo flag
- StabiliserNo flag
- Xanthan · E415No flag
- ArabicNo flag
- Guar gum · E412No flag
Show original label text
Cooked rice (water, long grain par-boiled rice, salt, iron phosphate, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), black beans (black beans, water, salt, calcium chloride), onions, plantains, water, leeks, tomatoes (tomato concentrate (water, tomato paste), salt, citric acid, and basil), lemon juice (water, concentrated lemon juice, lemon oil), soybean oil, roasted garlic, carrots, celery, ginger puree (ginger root, phosphoric acid, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness)), sugar, salt, stabilizer (xanthan, arabic and guar gum), black pepper.
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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.
- Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
8 of 14 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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