Declared allergens
This product declares Mustard.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Sweet bread & butter pickles
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Mustard
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
4 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
Brilliant blue FCFModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
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.
Polysorbate 80Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- 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.
Ingredients
- Pickles50%No flag
- Natural flavouring1.6%No flag
- Calcium chloride · E5090.8%No flag
- Firming agent0.8%No flag
- Polysorbate 80 · E4330.4%Low
Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative0.2%No flag
- Fd&c yellow #5 · E102<0.1%High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Fd&c blue #1 · E133<0.1%Moderate
Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
- Pickling spice3.1%No flag
- Natural spice extracts0.4%No flag
- MustardNo flag
- Polysorbate 80 · E4330.8%Low
Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- Less than 10.4%No flag
- 10 of 1% potassium sorbate added as a preservative0.4%No flag
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Pickles (cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, natural flavors, calcium chloride (firming agent), polysorbate 80, sodium benzoate (preservative), fd&c yellow #5 and fd&c blue #1), cane sugar, distilled vinegar, water, pickling spice (dextrose, maltodextrin, turmeric and natural spice extracts [clove, ginger, allspice, cinnamon, red pepper, coriander, mustard, bay leaves and dill]), salt, polysorbate 80 and less than 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate added as a preservative.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Polysorbate 80Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Cane SugarLow concern
- WaterLow concern
- SaltLow concern
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