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Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Polyphosphates).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Mar 2017

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. PolyphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Enriched macaroni product unbleached wheat flour54.2%No flag
  • Niacin · E37522.9%No flag
  • Ferrous kate11.5%No flag
  • Iron11.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate b15.7%No flag
  • Riboflavin · E1012.9%No flag
  • Vitamin b211.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Cheese sauce mix0.4%No flag
  • Whey0.2%No flag›
  • Cheddar cheese milk<0.1%No flag
  • Lactic ferments<0.1%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.2%No flag›
  • Whey protein1.4%No flag›
  • San0.7%No flag
  • E452vi0.4%No flag
  • Contains less than 2% of cornstarch0.2%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
  • Annatto for color).*non pork enzyme<0.1%No flag
  • Polyphosphates (E452)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Enriched macaroni product unbleached wheat flour, niacin, ferrous kate [iron], thiamin mononitrate b1], riboflavin [vitamin b21, folic acid); cheese sauce mix (whey, cheddar cheese milk, cheese culture) salt, enzymes*], whey protein concentrate, san, sodium tripolyphosphate, contains less than 2% of cornstarch, citric acid, sodium phosphate, annatto for color).*non pork enzyme.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Mar 2017

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • PolyphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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