Dried Pitted Plums with added Potassium Sorbate - USDA - 16 oz (1LB) 454 grams

Ingredients

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  4 ingredients

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  Pitted California Prunes (Dried Plums), Potassium Sorbate (added as a preservative)

  Traces: Pits

Food processing

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  Processed foods

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  Elements that indicate the product is in the 3 - Processed foods group:

  • Additive: E202 - Potassium sorbate
  • Ingredient: Preservative

  Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

  1. Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
  2. Processed culinary ingredients
  3. Processed foods
  4. Ultra processed foods

  
  

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Additives

Ingredients analysis

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  : Pitted California Prunes (Plums), Potassium Sorbate (added as a preservative)

  1. Pitted California Prunes -> en:pitted-california-prunes - percent_min: 50 - percent_max: 100
     1. Plums -> en:plum - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 13100 - percent_min: 50 - percent_max: 100
  2. Potassium Sorbate -> en:e202 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
     1. added as a preservative -> en:preservative - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50

Nutrition

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  Good nutritional quality

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  ⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 75

  This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

  Positive points: 8

  • Proteins: 1 / 5 (value: 2.35, rounded value: 2.35)
  • Fiber: 5 / 5 (value: 7.05, rounded value: 7.05)
  • Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 2 / 5 (value: 75, rounded value: 75)

  Negative points: 8

  • Energy: 2 / 10 (value: 983, rounded value: 983)
  • Sugars: 6 / 10 (value: 30.6, rounded value: 30.6)
  • Saturated fat: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
  • Sodium: 0 / 10 (value: 11.8, rounded value: 11.8)

  The points for proteins are counted because the negative points are less than 11.

  Nutritional score: (8 - 8)

  Nutri-Score:

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  Nutrient levels

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    Fat in low quantity (0%)

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    What you need to know

    • A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.

    
    Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat

    • Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts

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    Saturated fat in low quantity (0%)

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    What you need to know

    • A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.

    
    Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat

    • Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts

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    Sugars in high quantity (30.6%)

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    What you need to know

    • A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.

    
    Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks

    • Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
    • Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts

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    Salt in low quantity (0.0294%)

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    What you need to know

    • A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
    • Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
    • Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.

    
    Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food

    • Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
    • Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.

    Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

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  Nutrition facts

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  Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (1.5 oz)	Compared to: Plums
  Energy	983 kj (235 kcal)	418 kj (100 kcal)	+54%
  Fat	0 g	0 g	-100%
  Saturated fat	0 g	0 g	-100%
  Carbohydrates	51.7 g	22 g	+57%
  Sugars	30.6 g	13 g	+30%
  Fiber	7.05 g	3 g	+109%
  Proteins	2.35 g	1 g	+88%
  Salt	0.029 g	0.012 g	+21%
  Potassium	729 mg	310 mg
  Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	75 %	75 %

Carbon footprint

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  Equal to driving 1.5 km in a petrol car

  290 g CO² per 100g of product

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  The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Prune (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

  Stage	Impact
  Agriculture	84.9 %
  Processing	0.0 %
  Packaging	9.7 %
  Transportation	4.9 %
  Distribution	0.5 %
  Consumption	0.0 %

Packaging

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  Packaging with a medium impact

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  • Packaging parts

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    Bag (Plastic)
    

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  • Packaging materials

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    Material	%	Packaging weight	Packaging weight per 100 g of product
    Plastic

Transportation

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  Origins of ingredients

  Origins of ingredients with a medium impact

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  Origin of the product and/or its ingredients	% of ingredients	Impact
  United States	100 %	Medium