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Meats And Their Products · 0070892010951

Turkey breast

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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

  • Turkey breast54.2%No flag›
  • Water22.9%No flag›
  • Modified food starch11.5%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of the following1%No flag
  • Salt1%No flag›
  • Dextrose1%No flag›
  • Potassium lactate · E3261%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E4071%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Sodium phosphate · E3391%No flag
  • E262ii1%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E3161%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E2501%High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • Flavouring3.6%No flag
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Turkey breast, water, modified food starch, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, dextrose, potassium lactate, carrageenan, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, flavoring.

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.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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