Unwrapped Food

Ham Trimmings

Morrison’s

5010251722106

Processing

4

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

10

0 we grade moderate or higher

9 of them not yet assessed here

Salt per 100g

2g

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 (10)

This label lists 4 acidity regulators, 2 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 antioxidant, 1 carrier, 1 colour and 1 raising agent.

E407 Carrageenan
Thickener and stabiliser Low limited evidence

What it is. A gel forming fibre extracted from red seaweed.

Why it is used. Thickens dairy, plant milks, desserts and some processed meats.

What the evidence says. Food grade carrageenan is permitted. A degraded form called poligeenan is harmful, but that is not what goes into food. Some lab and animal work links carrageenan to gut inflammation, which keeps it under review, but human evidence is limited and mixed.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted, including in organic food in many places, though a few specialist products avoid it as a precaution.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E407

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

  • E1520 Propane-1,2-diol carrier
  • E160C Paprika extract, capsanthin colour
  • E262 Sodium acetates acidity regulator
  • E301 Sodium ascorbate antioxidant
  • E326 Potassium lactate acidity regulator
  • E428 Gelatine thickener
  • E450 Diphosphates raising agent
  • E451 Triphosphates acidity regulator
  • E452 Polyphosphates acidity regulator

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

e 600ge Nutrition Typical values A mix of cooked, smoked, breaded, peppered, Wiltshire cured, honey cured and honey roasted ham formed and reformed from selected cuts Fat of pork cured, cooked, with added water. Ingredients Pork (77%), Water, Preservatives Carbohydrate (potassium lactate, sodium acetates, sodium of which sugars nitrite), Salt, Honey, Sugar, Stabilisers (triphosphates, diphosphates, polyphosphates), Demerara sugar, Spirit vinegar, Textured pea flakes, Dextrose, Pork Sait protein, Brown sugar, Antioxidant (sodium ascorbate), Black pepper, Modified maize starch, Glucose syrup, Dried glucose syrup, Pork bouillon, Rapeseed oil, Propylene glycol, Gelling agent (carrageenan), Pork gelatine, Colour (paprika extract), Pork extract. How to store Keep refrigerated. Use within 2 days of opening. Do not exceed the date shown. Packaged in a protective atmosphere, (8400KJ/ 2000kca Energy 427k of which satura Fibre Protein per 30g p Energy Fat Saturates Sugars Salt *Reference intake 15318 Produced by Morrisons from British and EU pork UK DZ 028 Not Yet

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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