Chicken Caesar Dragon Roll

M&S

29456918

Processing

Not recorded

A gap in the source, not a sign it is unprocessed

Additives listed

2

1 we grade moderate or higher

1 of them not yet assessed here

Fat per 100g

8.10g

Medium

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

This label lists 1 antioxidant and 1 preservative.

E251 Sodium nitrate
Preservative, cured meats and some cheeses
Higher concern strong evidence

What it is. A curing agent that slowly converts to nitrite in the product, giving a longer acting preservative effect.

Why it is used. Used in dry cured meats and a few traditional cheeses.

What the evidence says. Sits under the same processed meat evidence as nitrite, since it ends up as nitrite in the food. Same practical takeaway: the issue is regular processed meat intake, not a trace in one meal.

Regulatory status UK Permitted with limits or a warning EU Permitted with limits or a warning US Permitted with limits or a warning

Permitted with maximum levels, tightened in the EU alongside nitrite.

Assessed against IARC, EFSA, UK FSA. Full entry for E251

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

  • E301 Sodium ascorbate antioxidant

Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.

Seasoned Cooked Sushi Rice (Rice-Water - Vinegar Sugar Salt Rapeseed Oil - Seaweed Extract). Chargrilled British Chicken Thighs (16%) Cucumber (6%)- Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) (4.5%) Chives Smoked British Bacon (1.5%) (Pork Belly (made with 105g of Raw Pork per 100g of Cooked Bacon) Curing Salt (Salt - Preservative: Sodium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite) Sugar Natural Flavouring Antioxidant: E301) Lemon Juice Pasteurised Egg Yolk - Seaweed Cornflour Salt White Wine Vinegar Carlic Purée Dried Mustard Vinegar Anchovies (Fish)- Cround Spices (Black Pepper Pimentoes Turmeric) Mustard Seed Husk

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

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