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Italian Style Bolognese Meat Sauce
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).
- High
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 22 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- 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.
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
- 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.
Ingredients
- Imported italian tomatoes54.5%No flag
- Cooked beef topping22.7%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E3390.6%No flag
- Bha · E3200.6%Moderate
Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- Bht · E3210.6%Moderate
Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
- Citric acid · E3302.2%No flag
- Fresh onions5.7%No flag
- Fresh garlic0.6%No flag
- Fresh basil0.6%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.6%No flag
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Imported italian tomatoes, cooked beef topping (beef, water, salt, sodium phosphate, spice, sugar, bha, bht, citric acid), olive oil, fresh onions, salt, modified food starch, fresh garlic, fresh basil, citric acid, spices, and sugar.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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