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tomato ketchup

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Celery
  • Soy
  • Sulphites

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Water54.2%No flag›
  • Tomato concentrate22.9%No flag
  • Tomatoes22.9%No flag›
  • Sugar11.5%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch5.7%No flag›
  • Diluted acetic acid2.9%No flag
  • Salt1.4%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.7%Moderate

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

  • Preservative0.7%No flag
  • Red beetroot0.4%No flag›
  • Natural colour0.4%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.2%No flag
  • Caramel · E150<0.1%No flag
  • Artificial colour ketchup spice<0.1%No flag
  • Canola oil polysorbate 80 emulsifier<0.1%No flag
  • Celery oleoresin<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
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water, tomato paste (100% tomatoes), sugar, modified corn starch, diluted acetic acid, salt, sodium benzoate (preservative), red beet juice concentrate (natural colour), citric acid, caramel (artificial colour ketchup spice (canola oil polysorbate 80 emulsifier), celery oleoresin (natural flavour), contains: celery, soy,sulphites,

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Celery, Soy, Sulphites.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all
  1. 05Red beetrootNot assessed

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