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Pho soup starter beef-flavored broth, beef

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Ammonia caramel).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Fish

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

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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 broth70.9%No flag
  • Contains less than 2% of sea salt14.5%No flag
  • Sugar0.4%No flag›
  • Ginger0.4%No flag›
  • Ginger0.2%No flag›
  • Water0.2%No flag›
  • Onion0.4%No flag›
  • Anchovy paste0.4%No flag›
  • Anchovy0.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • Water0.1%No flag›
  • Onion0.4%No flag›
  • Yeast extract0.4%No flag›
  • Beef gelatin0.4%No flag›
  • Beef fat0.4%No flag›
  • Beef fat0.2%No flag›
  • Tocopherols · E3060.2%No flag
  • Spice0.4%No flag›
  • Ginger0.2%No flag›
  • Aniseed0.1%No flag›
  • Cardamom<0.1%No flag›
  • Fennel seed<0.1%No flag›
  • Cinnamon<0.1%No flag›
  • Clove<0.1%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a10.9%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Show original label text

Beef flavored stock, contains less than 2% of sea salt, sugar, ginger puree (ginger, water), onion powder, anchovy paste (cured anchovies, salt, water), onion juice concentrate, yeast extract, beef gelatin, beef fat (beef fat, tocopherols), spices (ginger, anise, cardamom, fennel seed, cinnamon, cloves), caramel color.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Fish.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 8 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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