Applewood smoked Ham

Name: Applewood smoked Ham
Brand: Squeaky bean

Squeaky bean

5010292967542

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

4 of them not yet assessed here

Fat per 100g

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.

Additives (5)

This label lists 4 acidity regulators and 1 thickener or gelling agent.

E330 Citric acid
Acidity regulator No real concern strong evidence

What it is. A mild acid found naturally in citrus fruit, made commercially by fermentation.

Why it is used. Adds tartness, balances flavour and helps preserve. One of the most used additives in food.

What the evidence says. Safe at food levels. No credible health concern for the additive itself.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E330

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E261 Potassium acetate acidity regulator
E270 Lactic acid acidity regulator
E326 Potassium lactate acidity regulator
E406 Agar thickener

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

WATER, VEGETABLE PROTEIN (20%) (WHEAT, PEA), WHEAT GLUTEN, VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER, RAPESEED), POTATO PROTEIN, PEA PROTEIN, FLAVOURINGS, PRESERVATIVE: POTASSIUM LACTATE, POTASSIUM ACETATE; GELLING AGENT: AGAR; SALT, DEXTROSE, CITRUS FIBRE, DEMERARA SUGAR, RADISH CONCENTRATE, ACIDITY REGULATOR: LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID; YEAST EXTRACT, CORNFLOUR, APPLEWOOD SMOKED PAPRIKA, CARROT CONCENTRATE, BURNT SUGAR, ONION POWDER, IRON, ZINC, VITAMIN B12.

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.

Processing level

NOVA group 4: Ultra-processed

Industrial formulations with additives, isolates and ingredients you would not cook with at home. The strongest modern evidence links high intake of these to poorer health outcomes.

Nutrients per 100g

Fat

10g

Medium

Saturates

1.10g

Low

Sugars

4.20g

Low

Salt

1.25g

Medium

Judged on the UK FSA front of pack thresholds for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Our copy is from 17 August 2026: Open Food Facts is checked every night, and a product is rewritten only when its record there has changed, so an older date means the source has not moved rather than that we stopped looking. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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