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Sweet Fire Bread & Butter Pickles & Candied Jalapenos

Contains sodium benzoate & TBHQ

Sweet bread-and-butter pickles are combined with pickled jalapeños for a spicy-sweet bite. The ingredients include sugar, polysorbates and several preservatives.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredients
$12.00 lowest price at A Little Kitschy Home & Gifts Boutique
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: Pickles (cucumbers, vinegar, salt, alum, spices, sodium benzoate and polysorbate), sugar, pickled jalapenos (jalapeno peppers, water, vinegar, salt, a trace of calcium chloride), pickling spice (salt, spices, alum, dehydrated onion, oleoresin turmeric, spice extractives, polysorbate 80, citric acid, EDTA 0.10%, TBHQ 0.02% as preservatives, oleoresin paprika)
48 / 100
Poor 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%46
Processing · counts 10%40
Sourcing · counts 20%50
Transparency · counts 20%50
Why it scores 48
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 46 · Sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); TBHQ (additive, −10); Benzoates (sodium benzoate, benzoic acid) (additive, −10); 2 more
Processing 40 · Pickled vegetables with sugar, polysorbates and chemical preservatives.
Sourcing 50 · Origin and growing practices are not stated.
Transparency 50 · A complete list is given, but spices and spice extractives are unspecified.
Contains sugar and several preservatives and additives
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for sugar
Varies by additive−34 for tbhq, benzoates, polysorbate 80 and 1 more
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 and polysorbate) Sugar Pickled jalapenos (jalapeno peppers, water, vinegar, salt, a trace of calcium chloride) Pickling spice (salt, spices, alum, dehydrated onion, oleoresin turmeric, spice extractives, polysorbate 80, citric acid, EDTA 0.10%, TBHQ 0.02% as preservatives, oleoresin paprika)
4 ingredients 1 to watch2 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives6 additives · 3 moderate risk
TBHQ (E319)PreservativeModerate risk
Synthetic antioxidant; animal studies at high doses raise questions, and EFSA sets a low acceptable daily intake.
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.
Calcium disodium EDTA (E385)PreservativeLimited risk
Binds minerals to keep colour and flavour; approved at low levels, poorly absorbed.
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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