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Country Mercantile - Sweet Fire Bread & butter Pickles & Peppers

Contains sodium benzoate

Cucumbers and jalapenos bring a sweet-and-spicy flavor. The ingredients include sugar, sodium benzoate and polysorbates.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredients
$10.97 16 oz · lowest price at Country Mercantile
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: Pickles (cucumbers, vinegar, salt, alum, spices, sodium benzoate, polysorbate), sugar, pickled jalapenos, calcium chloride, pickling spice, dehydrated onion, turmeric, polysorbate 80, citric acid, oleoresin paprika
51 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as canned and frozen produce, legumesLow confidence · Scored on 2 of 11 inputs
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 30%50
Ingredients · counts 20%60
Processing · counts 10%35
Sourcing · counts 20%50
Transparency · counts 20%50
Why it scores 51
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 60 · Sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Benzoates (sodium benzoate, benzoic acid) (additive, −10); Polysorbate 80 (additive, −10)
Processing 35 · Sweetened pickles with preservatives and polysorbates
Sourcing 50 · No origin or growing practices are stated.
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but spices are unnamed and additives are included.
Contains sugar, sodium benzoate and polysorbates
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for sugar
Varies by additive−20 for benzoates, polysorbate 80
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Pickles (cucumbers, vinegar, salt, alum, spices, sodium benzoate, polysorbate) Sugar Pickled jalapenos Calcium chloride Pickling spice Dehydrated onion Turmeric Polysorbate 80 Citric acid Oleoresin paprika
10 ingredients 1 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives4 additives · 2 moderate risk
Benzoates (sodium benzoate, benzoic acid) (E210–E212)PreservativeModerate risk
Can form small amounts of benzene with vitamin C in drinks, and was part of the 2007 UK hyperactivity study mix.
Polysorbate 80 (E433)EmulsifierModerate risk
Mouse studies (Nature, 2015) linked it to gut-lining inflammation and changes in gut bacteria.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Citric acid (E330)AcidNo risk
Usually 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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