Red Hots Imitation Sausage-Artificially Colored

Ingredient score

Higher-concern ingredient detected

Worth a closer look

• Red 3 (Erythrosine)Higher concern

  FDA has revoked its use in food; manufacturers must remove it by January 2027.

  Avoid or limit in the stated context.

  More about Red 3 (Erythrosine)

• Processed porkModerate concern

  IARC classifies processed meat as a cause of colorectal cancer; cancer bodies advise eating little, if any.

  Consider limiting, or compare alternatives.

  More about Processed pork

• Sodium nitrateModerate concern

  Converts to nitrite in cured meat and the body; linked to colorectal cancer.

  Consider limiting, or compare alternatives.

  More about Sodium nitrate

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Ingredients

About this result

USDA FoodData Central record · updated Mar 16, 2020 · US · 24 oz/1.5 lbs

Product data and photos from Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), available under the Open Database License and CC BY-SA. Product data from USDA FoodData Central (fdc.nal.usda.gov), in the public domain.

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