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Smithfield2027210016643

Center Cut Ham Steak

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium 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 9 Mar 2017

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Cured with55.6%No flag
  • Water55.6%No flag›
  • Corn syrup22.2%No flag›
  • Dextrose11.1%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of1.1%No flag
  • Salt1.1%No flag›
  • Potassium lacitate1.1%No flag
  • Sodium phosphates · E3391.1%No flag
  • E262ii1.1%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3161.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrate · E2515.4%Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

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Cured with: water, corn syrup, dextrose, contains 2% or less of: salt, potassium lacitate, sodium phosphates, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate.

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

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2 low

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