Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten, Sesame, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Feb 2022
Select spicy korean style stir fry sauce
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Gluten
- Sesame
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Feb 2022
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Hot pepper paste23.8%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative0.2%No flag
- Natural flavouringNo flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
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Water, hot pepper paste (corn syrup, water, brown rice, red pepper powder, salt, garlic, soybean, fermented soybean, onion), sugar, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, sodium benzoate [preservative], apple cider vinegar, distilled vinegar, salt, spice (paprika), toasted sesame oil, modified corn starch, garlic, natural flavor, dried garlic, citric acid, red pepper powder, potassium sorbate (preservative).
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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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
9 of 14 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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