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Saucisson sec
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Saucisson sec

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Potassium nitrate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 19 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Pork meat57.1%No flag
  • Sel-lactose-épices21.4%No flag
  • Dextrose10.7%No flag›
  • Garlic5.4%No flag›
  • Preservative2.7%No flag
  • Nitrate de potassium · E2522.7%Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

  • Ferments-boyau naturel de porc1.3%No flag
  • Matiere Conserver dans un endroit sec de preférence à une température inférieure a C1.3%No flag
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Viande de porc (origine France)-sel-lactose-épices - dextrose-ail. conservateur:nitrate de potassium - ferments-boyau naturel de porc. 164g de viande de porc mis en ceuvre pour 100 g de saucisson sec. Traces possibles de noix et noisettes. Matiere Conserver dans un endroit sec de preférence à une température inférieure a C.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Potassium nitrateReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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2 low

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