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Fully cooked turkey meatballs
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Fully cooked turkey meatballs

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten
  • Sesame
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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. Calcium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    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

  • Turkey57.1%No flag›
  • Turkey21.4%No flag›
  • Water10.7%No flag›
  • Coating5.4%No flag›
  • Corn syrup solids2.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.9%No flag›
  • Dehydrated onion0.9%No flag
  • Spice0.4%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.2%No flag
  • Parsley0.1%No flag›
  • Spice0.1%No flag›
  • Textured plant protein2.7%No flag
  • Soya flour1.3%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a1.3%No flag
  • Breadcrumbs1.3%No flag
  • Flour0.7%No flag›
  • Wheat flour0.3%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3750.2%No flag
  • Reduced iron<0.1%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate<0.1%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
  • Folic acid<0.1%No flag›
  • Corn syrup0.3%No flag›
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat<0.1%No flag
  • One and more of the following<0.1%No flag
  • Hydrogenated soy oil<0.1%No flag
  • Cottonseed oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Yeast<0.1%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of the following<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya flour<0.1%No flag›
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Sodium stearoyl 2 lactylate · E481No flag
  • Calcium propionate · E282Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • Sesame seedsNo flag
  • Onion1.3%No flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Show original label text

Turkey, mechanically separated turkey, water, seasoning (corn syrup solids, salt, dehydrated onion, spices, sodium phosphate, parsley flakes, spice extractives), textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), breadcrumbs (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], corn syrup, sugar, vegetable shortening [one or more of the following: hydrogenated soybean oil and/or cottonseed oil], yeast, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, soy flour, whey, sodium stearoyl 2 lactylate, calcium propionate, sesame seeds), dehydrated chopped onion.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Sesame, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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