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Picante Salami Piller's

Contains sodium nitrite

This pork salami is cured with salt, sugars and smoke. It contains sodium nitrate and nitrite; the pork's origin and raising practices aren't stated.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredientsDairy-freeContains corn
$7.90 lowest price at Cured and Cultivated
Price and stock checked Oct 29, 2026
Key nutrition facts

Not available yet. We only show numbers printed on the product’s label or its product page, and we couldn’t read them for this product.

Ingredients: pork, salt, spices and spice extracts, corn syrup solids, dextrose, sugar, sodium ascorbate, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, smoke
54 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as processed meatLow confidence · Scored on 3 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 20%50
Ingredients · counts 25%59
Processing · counts 25%55
Sourcing · counts 15%50
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 54
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 59 · Sodium or potassium nitrite (additive, −15); Sodium or potassium nitrate (additive, −10); Corn syrup solids, 4th ingredient (added sugar, −8); 1 more
Processing 55 · Cured pork with added sugars, curing salts and smoke.
Sourcing 50 · Product is from Canada; pork origin and raising practices aren't stated.
Transparency 50 · Full list, but spices and spice extracts aren't specified.
Contains corn syrup solids, dextrose and sugar
Contains sodium nitrate and nitrite
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−16 for corn syrup solids, dextrose
Varies by additive−25 for sodium or potassium nitrite, sodium or potassium nitrate
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Pork Salt Spices and spice extracts Corn syrup solids Dextrose Sugar Sodium ascorbate Lactic acid starter culture Sodium nitrate Sodium nitrite Smoke
11 ingredients 2 to watch2 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 additives · 1 high risk
Sodium or potassium nitrite (E250, E249)PreservativeHigh risk
Can form nitrosamines in cured meat; IARC classifies processed meat as carcinogenic (Group 1), with nitrites a likely contributor.
Sodium or potassium nitrate (E251, E252)PreservativeModerate risk
Turns into nitrite in cured meat, with the same nitrosamine concern (IARC, processed meat).
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (E300)AntioxidantNo risk
Vitamin C, used to keep colour and freshness; safe.
Lactic acid (E270)AcidNo risk
Made by fermentation; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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