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Green Basil Pesto
The Galway Kitchen5391510683490

Green Basil Pesto

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Sodium metabisulphite).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 Apr 2026

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

  • Rapeseed oil53.1%No flag›
  • Olive pomace oil23.4%No flag
  • Fresh basil11.7%No flag
  • Grana padano cheese5.9%No flag
  • Milk2.9%No flag›
  • Salt1.5%No flag›
  • Rennet0.7%No flag›
  • Preservative0.4%No flag
  • Lysozyme from egg0.4%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese0.2%No flag
  • Microbial culture<0.1%No flag
  • Potato starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Garlic puree<0.1%No flag
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • GarlicNo flag›
  • Acidity regulatorNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Sodium metabisulphite · E223Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

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rapeseed oil, olive pomace oil, fresh basil, grana padano cheese, milk, salt, rennet, preservative (lysozyme from egg), cheddar cheese, starter culture, potato starch, garlic puree, water, garlic, acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (sodium metabisulphite)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 Apr 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

6 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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