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British beef meatballs
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British beef meatballs

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium metabisulphite).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Sulphites

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Mar 2026

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Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Sodium metabisulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    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 Beef86%No flag
  • Water7.4%No flag›
  • Rice Flour3.3%No flag›
  • Salt1.6%No flag›
  • Onion0.8%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.4%No flag›
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Yeast Extract0.1%No flag›
  • Black Pepper<0.1%No flag›
  • Sunflower Oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Paprika<0.1%No flag›
  • Vegetable fiberNo flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Sodium Metabisulphite · E223Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

  • White PepperNo flag›
  • Bay leafNo flag›
  • Spice ExtractsNo flag›
  • FlavouringNo flag
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British Beef (86%), Water, Rice Flour, Salt, Onion Powder, Dextrose, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper, Sunflower Oil, Paprika, Vegetable Fibre, Preservative (Sodium _Metabisulphite_), White Pepper, Bay, Spice Extracts, Flavouring.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Sulphites.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

8 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all
  5. 13Spice ExtractNot assessed

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