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Italian Sausage Rope with Fresh Basil - 12 oz

Contains BHA and BHT

Pork sausage with basil, made in Massachusetts in small batches. It contains MSG, sugar, BHA and BHT.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredients
$4.25 12 oz · lowest price at Bianco & Sons
Price and stock checked Oct 29, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: Pork, water, basil, salt, spices, monosodium glutamate, sugar, paprika, BHA, BHT, citric acid
57 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as processed meatLow confidence · Scored on 4 of 11 inputs, 4 claims 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%71
Processing · counts 25%40
Sourcing · counts 15%65
Transparency · counts 15%66
Why it scores 57
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 71 · BHA (additive, −15); BHT (additive, −10); MSG (monosodium glutamate) (additive, −4)
Processing 40 · Sausage with MSG, sugar, BHA and BHT
Sourcing 65 · The brand says it is made in Massachusetts and crafted by hand in batches
Transparency 66 · Complete ingredient list and specific small-batch production claims
Contains BHA and BHT
Contains MSG and sugar
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−29 for bha, bht, msg
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Pork Water Basil Salt Spices Monosodium glutamate Sugar Paprika BHA BHT Citric acid
11 ingredients 1 to watch2 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 additives · 1 high risk
BHA (E320)PreservativeHigh risk
IARC lists it as possibly carcinogenic (Group 2B), and the US National Toxicology Program as reasonably anticipated to be a carcinogen.
BHT (E321)PreservativeModerate risk
Synthetic antioxidant with mixed results in animal studies; EFSA set a low acceptable daily intake in 2012.
MSG (monosodium glutamate) (E621)Flavour enhancerLimited risk
Considered safe; EFSA set an acceptable daily intake in 2017, and some people report short-lived symptoms.
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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