Squeaky Bean Cooking Chorizo

Name: Squeaky Bean Cooking Chorizo
Brand: Squeaky Bean

Squeaky Bean

5010292969508

Processing

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

6 of them not yet assessed here

Fat per 100g

38g

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 (7)

This label lists 4 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 additive and 1 raising agent. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.

E415 Xanthan gum
Thickener and stabiliser No real concern strong evidence

What it is. A fibre made by fermenting sugars with a bacterium, which thickens liquids at very low doses.

Why it is used. Thickens sauces and dressings and gives structure to gluten free baking.

What the evidence says. Passes through largely undigested and is treated as safe by regulators, with no numerical intake limit. Very large amounts act as fibre does, which is a digestive effect rather than a safety one.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E415

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E267 No entry in our register
E401 Sodium alginate thickener
E412 Guar gum thickener
E425 Konjac thickener
E450 Diphosphates raising agent
E516 Calcium sulphate other

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

SUNFLOWER OIL, WATER, STABILIZERS (XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM ALGINATE, CALCIUM SULPHATE, DIPHOSPHATE), PEA PROTEIN (7%), FABA BEAN PROTEIN (7%), PAPRIKA, FLAVOURINGS, ANCHO CHILLI (2.5%), SALT, POTATO STARCH, VEGETABLE FIBRE (POTATO, CITRUS, BAMBOO), SPICES (OREGANO, GARLIC POWDER), GARLIC, DEXTROSE, PRESERVATIVE: BUFFERED VINEGAR. FILLED IN VEGAN CASING (STABILIZERS: SODIUM ALGINATE, KONJAC GUM, GUAR GUM).

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

38g

High

Saturates

–

No data

Sugars

–

No data

Salt

–

No data

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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