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Bacon
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).
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Allergens
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 27 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
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.
Ingredients
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Sodium Nitrite · E250<0.1%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Sodium Nitrate · E251<0.1%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Antioxidant<0.1%No flag
- Sodium Ascorbate · E301<0.1%No flag
- Prepared from 105g of British Pork per 100g of Dry Cured Streaky Bacon<0.1%No flag
- STORAGE Keep refrigerated<0.1%No flag
- Once opened<0.1%No flag
- E Fa 010.6%No flag
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Pork, Salt, Sugar, Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Nitrate), Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate). Prepared from 105g of British Pork per 100g of Dry Cured Streaky Bacon. STORAGE Keep refrigerated. Once opened, E Fa 01
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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
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