Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Sulphites.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Feb 2022
Merguez chorizo
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Cochineal / carmine).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Sulphites
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Feb 2022
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Cochineal / carmineModerate concernInsect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic reactions.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Insect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic 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.
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.
Ingredients
- Maigre et gras de porc67.6%No flag
- Herb1.2%No flag
- Lictose0.4%No flag
- Antioxidant0.4%No flag
- E3000.4%No flag
- E316 e3260.4%No flag
- Preservative0.4%No flag
- E2520.4%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
- E2620.4%No flag
- Colour0.4%No flag
- E1200.4%Moderate
Insect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic reactions.
- E160C e162 arômes9.2%No flag
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Maigre et gras de porc,eau, sel, plantes aromatiques, épices (sulfites), dextrose, saccharose, lictose (protéine de lait), antioxydant : E300 E316 E326, conservateur : E252 E262, colorant : E120 E160C E162 arômes
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Cochineal / carmineInsect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic reactions.
- Potassium nitrateReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
1 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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