Mashed Potato by Tops · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingMashed Potato
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthHigh
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "minor" from nutri-score
- 2MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16)
- POTATOES53.125%—›
- WATER23.4375%—›
- HEAVY CREAM11.71875%—
- BUTTER5.859375%—›
- CREAM2.9296875%—›
- SALT2.9296875%—›
- MARGARINE2.9296875%—›
- CANOLA1.46484375%—›
- SOYBEAN OIL0.732421875%—›
- PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL0.3662109375%—›
- WATER0.18310546875%—›
- SALT0.091552734375%—›
- VEGETABLE mono- and DIGLYCERIDES0.0457763671875%—
- LECITHIN0.02288818359375%—
- SODIUM BENZOATE0.011444091796875%⚠ moderate
- PRESERVATIVE0.011444091796875%—
- CITRIC ACID0.0057220458984375%—
- ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR0.00286102294921875%—
- BE0.00286102294921875%—›
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POTATOES, WATER, HEAVY CREAM, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), MARGARINE (CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, BE
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