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Meats And Their Products · 0029800418129

Smoked Sausage

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 16 May 2022

Why it's rated this way

3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. ErythrosineModerate concernIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    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

  • Chicken52.8%No flag›
  • Pork hearts23.6%No flag›
  • Pork11.8%No flag›
  • Water5.9%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Corn syrup0.8%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of beef0.8%No flag
  • Dextrose0.8%No flag›
  • Cereal0.8%No flag
  • Corn0.4%No flag›
  • Barley0.2%No flag›
  • Oat<0.1%No flag›
  • Rice flour<0.1%No flag›
  • Potassium lactate · E3260.8%No flag
  • Spice0.6%No flag›
  • Flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Hydrolysed soy protein0.2%No flag
  • E262ii<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E250<0.1%High

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

  • Red 40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Red 3 · E127Moderate

    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

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Mechanically separated chicken, pork hearts, pork, water, salt, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of beef, dextrose, cereal (corn, barley, oat and rice flour), potassium lactate, spices, flavorings, hydrolyzed soy protein, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, red 40, red 3.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 16 May 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 8 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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