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Frozen Foods · 0073321071417

Original soft pretzel mini beef hot dogs, original

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

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 nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation 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.
  2. Propionic acidMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    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

  • Beef frankfurter55.6%No flag
  • Beef28.3%No flag›
  • Water13.6%No flag›
  • Salt0.9%No flag›
  • Sorbitol · E4200.9%No flag
  • Spice0.9%No flag›
  • Paprika0.9%No flag›
  • Garlic0.9%No flag›
  • Hickory smoke flavor0.9%No flag
  • Sodium erythrobate0.9%No flag›
  • Sodium nitrate · E2510.9%Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

  • Propionic acid · E2806.1%Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • Pretzel roll22.2%No flag
  • Wheat flour11.1%No flag›
  • Wheat flour5.6%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour2.8%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3751.4%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.7%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Folic acid0.2%No flag›
  • Water11.1%No flag›
  • Brown sugar1.1%No flag›
  • Palm oil1.1%No flag›
  • Salt0.9%No flag›
  • Yeast0.9%No flag›
  • Malt0.9%No flag›
  • Wheat flour0.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.2%No flag›
  • Malted barley0.2%No flag›
  • Bicarbonates and carbonates of soda6.1%No flag
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Beef frankfurter (beef, water, salt, sorbitol, spices, paprika, garlic powder, hickory smoke flavor, sodium erythrobate, sodium nitrate, propionic acid), pretzel roll (bleached wheat flour enriched [bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, brown sugar, palm oil, salt, yeast, malt powder (wheat flour, dextrose, malted barley]), bicarbonates and carbonates of soda.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
  • Propionic acidPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 4 not assessed

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