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Seasoned pork in a sweet & sour sauce
WeisFrozen Foods · 0041497046447

Seasoned pork in a sweet & sour sauce

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 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

  • Seasoned pork52.9%No flag
  • Pork26.9%No flag›
  • Water13%No flag›
  • Marinade seasoning6.5%No flag
  • Sugar3.3%No flag›
  • Sour cream1.6%No flag
  • Unmodified food starch0.8%No flag
  • Tapioca0.4%No flag
  • Potato0.4%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphates · E3390.4%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Garlic0.1%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Iodised salt0.5%No flag
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Sodium silcoaluminate0.1%No flag
  • Dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • Potassium iodine<0.1%No flag›
  • Onion0.5%No flag›
  • Garlic0.5%No flag›
  • Black pepper4.9%No flag›
  • Sweet and sour sauce23.5%No flag
  • Pineapple11.8%No flag›
  • Pineapple5.9%No flag›
  • Natural juice5.9%No flag
  • Water5.9%No flag›
  • Sugar2.9%No flag›
  • Distilled white vinegar1.5%No flag
  • 120 grain1.5%No flag
  • Tomato concentrate0.7%No flag
  • Tomatoes0.7%No flag›
  • Onions0.4%No flag›
  • Waxy rice starch0.2%No flag
  • Iodised salt<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium silcoaluminate<0.1%No flag
  • Dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • Potassium iodine<0.1%No flag›
  • Tomato<0.1%No flag›
  • Soy sauce<0.1%No flag›
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • WheatNo flag›
  • Soya beanNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Lactic acid · E270No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • Less than 1No flag
  • 10 of 1% as a preservativeNo flag
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Soybean oil with citric acid as a preservative<0.1%No flag
  • OnionNo flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Oleoresin of paprika · E160cNo flag
Show original label text

Seasoned pork (pork, water, marinade seasoning [sugar, sour cream powder, unmodified food starch (tapioca, potato), sodium phosphates, salt, garlic powder, spices, onion powder], iodized salt [salt, sodium silcoaluminate, dextrose, potassium iodine], onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper), sweet and sour sauce (pineapple [pineapple, natural juice], water, sugar, distilled white vinegar [120 grain], tomato paste [tomatoes], onions, waxy rice starch, iodized salt [salt, sodium silcoaluminate, dextrose, potassium iodine], dehydrated tomato flakes, soy sauce [water, wheat, soybeans, salt, lactic acid, sodium benzoate: less than 1/10 of 1% as a preservative], soybean oil [soybean oil with citric acid as a preservative], onion powder, xanthan gum, citric acid, oleoresin of paprika.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 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 · 1 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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