Chorizo
What the research shows
Not enough
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What research says
Found in some samples or products
These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.
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Food poisoning from cured sausage3
Six people got sick with Salmonella after eating homemade chorizo bought at a street market.
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Thyroid hormone poisoning4
In Uruguay, people who often ate chorizo from one butcher got sick with too much thyroid hormone.
The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 132 products on Open Food Facts that list chorizo.
- Tortelloni Chicken & Chorizo Tesco · 300 g 3 additives
- King Prawn, Chicken & Chorizo Paella Aldi Specially Selected · 800 g 3 additives
- CHICKEN & CHORIZO PAELLA THE GYM KITCHEN · 400 g 4 additives
- PROSCIUTTO COTTO HAM, NAPOLI SALAMI & CHORIZO WOOD-FIRED PIZZA Sainsbury's taste THE DIFFERENCE · 455 g 9 additives
- Specially selected chicken, chorizo & roquito pepper Wood Fired pizza Aldi · 474 g 4 additives
- Chicken and prawn paella Inspired cuisine 3 additives
References
- 1chorizo: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
- 2Chorizo. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 3Hernández Arricibita E, Santamaria Zuazua R, Ramos López G, Herrera-León S, Kárkamo Zuñeda JA, Muniozguren Agirre N. [Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections associated with consumption of chorizo in Bizkaia]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2016;34(9):577-578. doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2015.06.006
- 4Conrey EJ, Lindner C, Estivariz C, et al. Thyrotoxicosis outbreak linked to consumption of minced beef and chorizo: Minas, Uruguay, 2003-2004. Public Health. 2008;122(11):1264-74. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2008.03.017