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Provolini antipasti

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

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 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.
  2. Sodium metabisulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Pitted olive58.3%No flag
  • Olive30.4%No flag›
  • Water14%No flag›
  • Salt1.3%No flag›
  • Lactic acid · E2701.3%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3301.3%No flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E3001.3%No flag
  • Ferrous gluconate · E5798.9%No flag
  • Mushrooms20.8%No flag›
  • Mushrooms10.4%No flag›
  • Water5.2%No flag›
  • Salt1.3%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3301.3%No flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E3001.3%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.7%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.4%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E2700.2%No flag
  • Edta0.2%No flag›
  • Provolone cheese10.4%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk5.2%No flag
  • Lactic ferments2.6%No flag
  • Enzyme1.3%No flag›
  • Salt1.3%No flag›
  • Canola oil5.2%No flag›
  • Sweet red peppers2.6%No flag
  • Peppers1.3%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.7%No flag›
  • Water0.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Calcium chloride · E509<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium metabisulfite · E223<0.1%Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Spice2.6%No flag›
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Pitted olives (olives, water, salt, lactic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, ferrous gluconate), mushrooms (mushrooms, water, salt, citric acid, ascorbic acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, lactic acid, edta), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, enzymes, salt), canola oil, sweet red peppers (peppers, vinegar, water, salt, calcium chloride, sodium metabisulfite, sodium benzoate), spices.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

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

Food health

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.
  • Sodium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 2 not assessed

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