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Dry cured unsmoked streaky bacon
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Dry cured unsmoked streaky bacon

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 27 Mar 2026

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

  • British Pork81.9%No flag
  • Made with 105g of Raw Pork per 100g of Dry Cured Unsmoked Streaky Bacon81.9%No flag
  • Curing Salt9%No flag
  • Salt4.5%No flag›
  • Preservative2.3%No flag
  • Sodium2.3%No flag›
  • Nitrite curing salt1.1%No flag
  • Sodium Nitrate · E2511.1%Moderate

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

  • Demerara SugarNo flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Antioxidant9%No flag
  • E3019%No flag
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British Pork (Made with 105g of Raw Pork per 100g of Dry Cured Unsmoked Streaky Bacon), Curing Salt (Salt, Preservative: Sodium, Nitrite, Sodium Nitrate), Demerara Sugar, Sugar, Antioxidant: E301.

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

What drives this

1 low

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