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Macaroni Salad
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Macaroni Salad

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Celery
  • Egg
  • Mustard
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are 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.
  2. Polysorbate 80Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Pasta53.3%No flag
  • Durum wheat semolina pasta27.2%No flag
  • Niacin · E37513.1%No flag
  • Ferrous sulfate6.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Dressing23.3%No flag
  • Soya oil11.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup5.8%No flag›
  • Vinegar2.9%No flag›
  • Water1.5%No flag›
  • Egg yolks0.7%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Mustard<0.1%No flag
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium disodium EDTA · E385<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Sugar5.5%No flag›
  • Red onion5.5%No flag
  • Water5.5%No flag›
  • Mustard3.4%No flag
  • Water1.7%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.8%No flag›
  • Mustard seed0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Turmeric0.1%No flag›
  • Spice0.1%No flag›
  • Carrots1.7%No flag›
  • Pickle relish0.8%No flag
  • Cucumbers0.4%No flag›
  • Corn syrups0.2%No flag›
  • Sugar0.1%No flag›
  • Distilled vinegar<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Peppers<0.1%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Calcium chloride · E509No flag
  • SpiceNo flag›
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Polysorbate 80 · E433Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Eggs0.4%No flag›
  • Sodium lactate · E3250.2%No flag
  • E262ii0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

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

  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Celery seed<0.1%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
  • As a thickener<0.1%No flag
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PASTA (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE. THIAMINE MONONITRATE. RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, WATER. 'EGG YOLKS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [ PRESERVATIVE]), SUGAR, RED ONION, WATER, MUSTARD (WATER. VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, SPICES), CARROTS. PICKLE RELISH (CUCUMBERS, CORN SYRUPS, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, PEPPERS, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE [ PRESERVATIVE], CALCIUM CHLORIDE. SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, POLYSORBATE 80), EGGS, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVES), CELERY SEED, XANTHAN GUM (AS A THICKENER).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Celery, Egg, Mustard, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025

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.
  • Polysorbate 80Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 3 not assessed

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