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Chicken and Bacon pasta
SainsburysMeals · 00458085

Chicken and Bacon pasta

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten
  • Mustard

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Penne Pasta21.8%No flag
  • Durum Wheat Semolina13.9%No flag›
  • Water7.9%No flag›
  • Cow S milk16.9%No flag
  • Cow S milk15.3%No flag
  • Chicken Breast12%No flag›
  • Thigh Pieces12%No flag
  • Chicken Breast7.5%No flag›
  • Chicken Thigh2.3%No flag›
  • Water1.1%No flag›
  • Salt1.1%No flag›
  • Water8.5%No flag›
  • Single Cream7.2%No flag
  • Cow S milk7.2%No flag
  • Mature Cheddar Cheese5%No flag
  • Cow S milk5%No flag
  • Beechwood Smoked Bacon Lardons1.4%No flag
  • Pork Shoulder1.1%No flag›
  • Pork Belly0.2%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium Nitrite · E250<0.1%High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • Antioxidant<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium Ascorbate · E301<0.1%No flag
  • Corn flour0.5%No flag›
  • White WineNo flag›
  • Chicken brothNo flag
  • Chicken brothNo flag
  • Chicken ProteinNo flag
  • Chicken CarcassNo flag
  • WaterNo flag›
  • Chicken FatNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Garlic PuréeNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • ParsleyNo flag›
  • English MustardNo flag
  • WaterNo flag›
  • MustardNo flag
  • Wheat FlourNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Yellow Mustard FlourNo flag
  • TurmericNo flag›
  • Black PepperNo flag›
  • NutmegNo flag›
  • Bay LeafNo flag›
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Cooked Penne Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Whole Cows' Milk, Skimmed Cows' Milk, Cooked Marinated Chicken Breast & Thigh Pieces (12%) (Chicken Breast, Chicken Thigh, Water, Salt), Water, Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Mature Cheddar Cheese (5%) (Cows' Milk), Beechwood Smoked Bacon Lardons (3.5%) (Pork Shoulder, Pork Belly, Salt, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite, Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate), Cornflour, White Wine (1%), Chicken Bouillon (Chicken Stock, Chicken Protein, Chicken Carcass, Water, Chicken Fat, Salt), Garlic Purée, Salt, Parsley, English Mustard (Water, Mustard Flour, Wheat Flour, Salt, Sugar, Yellow Mustard Flour, Turmeric), Black Pepper, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Mustard.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

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

4 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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