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Tropical buffalo wing sauce

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

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

  • Hot pepper sauce53.1%No flag
  • Cayenne red peppers27.2%No flag
  • Distilled vinegar13%No flag›
  • Water6.5%No flag›
  • Salt1.9%No flag›
  • And garlic4.6%No flag›
  • High fructose corn syrup23.4%No flag›
  • Water11.7%No flag›
  • Margarine5.9%No flag›
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil2.9%No flag›
  • Water1.5%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable mono- and diglycerides0.4%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
  • A preservative0.2%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • E160ai<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar2.9%No flag›
  • Sugar1.5%No flag›
  • Canola oil0.7%No flag›
  • Lime juice0.4%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Garlic<0.1%No flag›
  • Dehydrated onion<0.1%No flag
  • Paprika<0.1%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • To preserve freshnessNo flag
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Hot pepper sauce (cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, & garlic powder), high fructose corn syrup, water, margarine (liquid & partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, soy lecithin, vegetable mono & diglycerides, potassium sorbate (a preservative), citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate added), distilled vinegar, sugar, canola oil, lime juice (from concentrate), modified corn starch, spice, garlic powder, dried onion, paprika, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

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

1 moderate · 5 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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