Preservative
What the research shows
Not enough
published research on this page yet*
*Allergies present
Covers the group as a whole. Each one has its own page.
What research says
Allergies and intolerances
These are about people with an allergy, an intolerance or coeliac disease. The signal is about the ingredient itself, and these are about the person eating it, so the signal does not count them.
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Asthma in children3
Sulphites, used as preservatives in soft drinks, can set off asthma attacks in some sensitive children.
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 50,400 products on Open Food Facts that list preservative.
- Cappy PULPY Coca cola · 1 L 9 additives
- Mayonnaise recette originale Star · 280 ml 17 dh 5 additives
- مارغرين المائدة Lilia · 400 g 7 additives
- Succo di limone ITALIAMO · 200 ml 2 additives
- Pain de mie longue conservation Harrys · 250 g 1 additive
- Sirop Grenadine Zéro Teisseire · 60 cl 6 additives
References
- 1Preservative: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
- 2Preservative. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 3Steinman HA, Weinberg EG. The effects of soft-drink preservatives on asthmatic children. S Afr Med J. 1986;70(7):404-6.