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Lunch-to-go Seasoned Tuna Kit
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Lunch-to-go Seasoned Tuna Kit

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Egg
  • Fish
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 Jul 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Tuna69.9%No flag›
  • Light tuna69.9%No flag
  • Water1.3%No flag›
  • Sugar1.3%No flag›
  • Vegetable broth1.3%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
  • Black pepper0.7%No flag›
  • Natural lemon flavouring0.7%No flag
  • Lemon puree0.7%No flag
  • Lemon juice0.7%No flag›
  • Turmeric0.7%No flag›
  • Colour0.7%No flag
  • Crackers0.7%No flag
  • Fortified wheat flour0.4%No flag
  • Wheat flour0.4%No flag›
  • Iron fumarate0.7%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3750.7%No flag
  • Riboflavin · E1010.7%No flag
  • Thiamin0.7%No flag›
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil0.7%No flag›
  • Sugar0.7%No flag›
  • CONTAINS 2% and LESS0.7%No flag
  • Raising agent0.4%No flag
  • E503ii0.4%No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i0.7%No flag
  • E500ii0.7%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Malt extract0.7%No flag›
  • Soy lecithin reduced calorie mayonnaise0.7%No flag
  • Water0.7%No flag›
  • Soya oil0.7%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch0.7%No flag›
  • Egg0.7%No flag›
  • Sugar0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
  • Acetic acid · E2600.7%No flag
  • Preservative0.7%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.4%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.4%No flag
  • Onion0.7%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E4150.7%No flag
  • Mustard oleoresin0.7%No flag
  • Vitamin e0.7%No flag›
  • Garlic0.7%No flag›
  • EDTA0.7%No flag›
  • E160ai0.7%No flag
  • Colour0.4%No flag
  • Tuna0.4%No flag›
  • Wheat0.7%No flag›
  • Soya0.7%No flag›
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Show original label text

TUNA: LIGHT TUNA, WATER, : SUGAR, VEGETABLE BROTH, SALT, CITRIC ACID, BLACK PEPPER, NATURAL LEMON FLAVOR, LEMON PUREE, LEMON JUICE, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC (COLOR) CRACKERS: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, FERROUS FUMARATE, NIACIN, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: LEAVENING (AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, MALT EXTRACT, SOY LECITHIN REDUCED CALORIE MAYONNAISE: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, EGG, SUGAR, SALT, CITRIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, PRESERVATIVES (SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), ONION POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, MUSTARD OLEORESIN, VITAMIN E, GARLIC POWDER, EDTA, BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR) CONTAINS: FISH (TUNA), WHEAT, SOY, EGGS MAY CONTAIN: MILK

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Egg, Fish, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 Jul 2025

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.
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

6 moderate · 5 low · 10 not assessed

10 of 21 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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