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Bacon
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium nitrate).
- Critical
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 16 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation 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
- Sodium phosphate · E3390.5%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E3160.5%No flag
- Sodium nitrate · E2510.5%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Smoke11.2%No flag
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pork, water, sugar, salt, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, smoke
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
1 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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