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Red Hots A Chicken Meat & Pork Product, Red Hots
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium nitrite).
- Critical
Allergens
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 3 May 2025
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium nitriteHigh concernForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- 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
- And Up To 2% Of The Following5.9%No flag
- Isolated Oat Products1.5%No flag
- Sodium Phosphate · E3390.4%No flag
- Hydrolysed corn protein0.2%No flag
- Sodium Acetate · E262i<0.1%No flag
- Flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Garlic flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Onion flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Sodium Ascorbate · E301<0.1%No flag
- Citric Acid · E330No flag
- Sodium Nitrite · E250High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
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Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Pork, And Up To 2% Of The Following: Dextrose, Salt, Isolated Oat Products, Spice, Sodium Phosphate, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Sodium Acetate, Flavoring (Garlic And Onion Powder), Spice Extractives, Sodium Ascorbate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Nitrite.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- WaterModerate concern
- SaltModerate concern
- Sodium CitrateModerate concern
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