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Sopressata, provolone cheese & taralli bread

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  • Sopressata50%No flag
  • Pork25%No flag›
  • Sea salt12.5%No flag›
  • Less than 2% of6.3%No flag
  • Dextrose6.3%No flag›
  • Spice3.1%No flag›
  • Wine1.6%No flag›
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3160.8%No flag
  • Lactic acid starter culture0.4%No flag
  • Sodium nitrate · E2510.2%Moderate

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

  • Sodium nitrite · E250<0.1%High

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

  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Provolone cheese25%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk12.5%No flag
  • Lactic ferments6.3%No flag
  • Salt3.1%No flag›
  • Enzyme3.1%No flag›
  • Taralli bread25%No flag
  • Flour12.5%No flag›
  • White wine6.3%No flag›
  • Sugar3.1%No flag›
  • Soya oil1.6%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Yeast0.8%No flag›
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Sopressata (pork,sea salt, less than 2% of: dextrose, spices, wine, sodium erythorbate, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, natural flavoring); provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes); taralli bread (flour, white wine, sugar, soybean oil, salt, yeast).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
  • Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

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