Whole Chestnuts - Merchant Gourmet - 180 g
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Barcode: 5018095000947 (EAN / EAN-13)
Common name: Cooked chestnuts
Quantity: 180 g
Packaging: Plastic Pouch, Mixed plastic film-pouch
Brands: Merchant Gourmet
Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Nuts and their products, Nuts, Chestnuts
Labels, certifications, awards:
Low or no fat, Low fat, Vegetarian, Source of fibre, Vegan, Vegetarian Society Approved, Vegetarian Society Approved Vegan
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients: United Kingdom
Manufacturing or processing places: Merchant Gourmet, 2 Rollins Street, London, SE15 1EW
Link to the product page on the official site of the producer: https://www.merchant-gourmet.com/collect...
Stores: Tesco
Countries where sold: United Kingdom
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Health
Ingredients
Food processing
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Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:
- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
- Processed culinary ingredients
- Processed foods
- Ultra processed foods
The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.
Ingredients analysis
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Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected
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Vegan
No non-vegan ingredients
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Vegetarian
No non-vegetarian ingredients detected
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Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Chestnuts 100%- Chestnuts -> en:chestnut - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 15024 - percent_min: 100 - percent: 100 - percent_max: 100
Nutrition
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Very good nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 100This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.
Positive points: 12
- Proteins: 2 / 5 (value: 4.1, rounded value: 4.1)
- Fiber: 5 / 5 (value: 5.9, rounded value: 5.9)
- Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 5 / 5 (value: 100, rounded value: 100)
Negative points: 4
- Energy: 2 / 10 (value: 742, rounded value: 742)
- Sugars: 2 / 10 (value: 9.1, rounded value: 9.1)
- Saturated fat: 0 / 10 (value: 0.3, rounded value: 0.3)
- Sodium: 0 / 10 (value: 12, rounded value: 12)
The points for proteins are counted because the negative points are less than 11.
Nutritional score: (4 - 12)
Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
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Fat in low quantity (1.6%)
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.
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Saturated fat in low quantity (0.3%)
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.
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Sugars in moderate quantity (9.1%)
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.
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Salt in low quantity (0.03%)
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.
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Environment
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Eco-Score D - High environmental impact
The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.Life cycle analysis
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Average impact of products of the same category: C (Score: 54/100)
Category: Chestnut, raw
Category: Chestnut, raw
- PEF environmental score: 0.50 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
- including impact on climate change: 1.88 kg CO2 eq/kg of product
Stage Impact 
Agriculture
95.8 %
Processing
0.0 %
Packaging
0.0 %
Transportation
2.4 %
Distribution
1.4 %
Consumption
0.3 %
Bonuses and maluses
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Missing origins of ingredients information
Malus: -5
⚠ ️ The origins of the ingredients of this product are not indicated.
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Packaging with a high impact
Malus: -15
Shape Material Recycling Impact Pouch flask Plastic Recycle High Unknown Plastic Recycle High ⚠ ️ The information about the packaging of this product is not sufficiently precise (exact shapes and materials of all components of the packaging).⚠ ️ For a more precise calculation of the Eco-Score, you can modify the product page and add them.
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Eco-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: D (Score: 34/100)
Product: Whole Chestnuts - Merchant Gourmet - 180 g
Life cycle analysis score: 54
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -20
Final score: 34/100
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Carbon footprint
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Equal to driving 1.0 km in a petrol car
188 g CO² per 100g of product
The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Chestnut, raw (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)
Stage Impact
Agriculture
88.8 %
Processing
0.0 %
Packaging
0.0 %
Transportation
8.0 %
Distribution
1.3 %
Consumption
1.9 %
Packaging
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Packaging with a high impact
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Packaging parts
Pouch flask (Plastic)
Unknown (Plastic)
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Transportation
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Origins of ingredients
Missing origins of ingredients information
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