New York Style Pork Deli Bites
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
4
0 we grade moderate or higher
3 of them not yet assessed here
Fat per 100g
26g
High
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.
Additives (4)
This label lists 2 acidity regulators, 1 antioxidant and 1 raising agent.
E300
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Antioxidant
What it is. Vitamin C, added to protect colour and flavour and sometimes to fortify.
Why it is used. Stops browning in juices and cut fruit, protects fats, and boosts vitamin content.
What the evidence says. Beneficial and harmless at the levels used. Included here as a reminder that an E number is just a code, and plenty of them are ordinary nutrients.
Permitted freely, no concern.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E300
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E262 Sodium acetates acidity regulator
- E331 Sodium citrates acidity regulator
- E450 Diphosphates raising agent
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.
Ingredients
Pork from United Kingdom 37%, mustard and gherkin dip 16% (rapeseed oil, water, spirit vinegar, gherkin, onion, sugar, cornflour, yellow _mustard_ flour, fava bean protein, garlic purée, _mustard_ seed husk, sea salt, concentrated lemon juice, tapioca starch, turmeric, paprika, brown _mustard_ flour, _mustard_ flour, garlic powder), Mozzarella cheese (_milk_), Emmental cheese 8% (_milk_), wheat flour (_wheat_ flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), wholemeal _wheat_ flour, rapeseed oil, gherkin, onion, malted _wheat_, white wine vinegar, parsley, sugar, rice flour, salt, dill, cornflour, onion powder, yeast, malt vinegar extract (_barley_), acidity regulator (sodium diacetate), sea salt, dried red pepper, stabiliser (diphosphates), garlic purée, concentrated lemon juice, yeast extract, antioxidants (ascorbic acid, sodium citrate), turmeric, flavouring.
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.