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Nitrogen
E-number E941 An inert gas used to protect packaged foods from oxygen.
Food additive Concern level
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A whole food or a benign function, with no credible concern. It never costs points. The concern level sets how many points nitrogen costs on a product’s receipt.
Popular products that list nitrogen 4 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list nitrogen.
Diets and allergens
Vegan Yes
Vegetarian Yes
Gluten-free Yes For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (6) e941 nitrogen nitrogen gas nitrogen flushed packed in nitrogen nitrogen to preserve freshness Sources No sources for this page yet.
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