Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Bacon, egg and cheese biscuits, bacon, egg and cheese
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium nitriteHigh concernForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- 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.
Calcium phosphatesMinor 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.
DiphosphatesMinor 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.
Ingredients
- Buttermilk biscuit62.5%No flag
- Niacin · E3758%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1011%No flag
- Fat7.5%No flag
- Vegetable mono- and diglycerides3.8%No flag
- Buttermilk solids3.8%No flag
- Baking powder0.9%No flag
- E500ii0.5%No flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341i0.2%No flag
- Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.2%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of each of the following0.2%No flag
- Guar gum · E412<0.1%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
- Egg patty18.8%No flag
- Whole eggs9.4%No flag
- Skimmed milk1.2%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of the following0.6%No flag
- Xanthan gum · E4150.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Butter natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Pasteurized process american cheese9.4%No flag
- Lactic ferments1.2%No flag
- E332ii<0.1%No flag
- E450iii<0.1%No flag
- Sorbic acid · E200<0.1%No flag
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- ColourNo flag
- Bacon9.4%No flag
- Hickory smoke flavoring0.7%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E3160.7%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E2501.1%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Calcium phosphates (E341)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Diphosphates (E450)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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Buttermilk biscuit (enriched bleached wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, shortening [soybean oil, vegetable mono - and diglycerides], buttermilk solids, dextrose, baking powder [baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate], palm oil, contains 2% or less of each of the following: salt, wheat gluten, guar gum, potassium sorbate), egg patty (whole eggs, whey, soybean oil, nonfat milk, contains 2% or less of the following: modified food starch, salt, xanthan gum, citric acid, natural butter flavor), pasteurized process american cheese (milk, water, cheese culture, cream, salt, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid [preservative], sodium phosphate, citric acid, color added, soy lecithin, enzymes), bacon (cured with water, salt, hickory smoke flavoring, sugar, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite).
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Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- DiphosphatesInorganic 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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