Lard

Hazard level: Low health concern

What is Lard?

Rendered pig fat, traditionally used for frying and in pastry for its flakiness. High in saturated fat.

Is Lard safe?

Lard is considered low concern by food-safety agencies.

Score impact: −2 points on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 18 of 12,846 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: EFSA, FDA

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Also known as

Lard is also known as lard, свинска мас — these all refer to the same ingredient.

lard свинска мас

Where Lard is typically found

Meats And Their Products Pork And Its Products Prepared Meats Prepared Pork Meats Sausages

Related additives

Salt (Sodium Chloride) Pork Meat Sodium Nitrite (E250) Natural Flavouring Sodium Ascorbate (E301) Glucose (Dextrose) Water Spices Carmine (Cochineal extract) (E120) wheat

Products containing Lard

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