Nonfat Cottage Cheese by Western Family, Western Family Foods Inc. · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Western Family, Western Family Foods Inc. WFWestern Family, Western Family Foods Inc.
VerdictConsider avoidingNonfat Cottage Cheese
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
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 healthCritical
AdditivesHigh
1 flagged additive(s), worst HIGH
- 1nutrition base band "low" from nutri-score
- 2HIGH-concern additive floors band at "high"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Titanium dioxide — Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (14)
- CULTURED SKIM MILK53.57142857142857%—
- WHEY23.214285714285715%—›
- SALT11.607142857142861%—›
- POTASSIUM CHLORIDE5.803571428571431%—
- MODIFIED CORN STARCH2.9017857142857153%—›
- CULTURED DEXTROSE1.4508928571428612%—›
- ARTIFICIAL COLOR0.7254464285714306%—
- TITANIUM DIOXIDE0.7254464285714306%⚠ high
- GUAR GUM0.3627232142857153%—
- SORBIC ACID0.1813616071428612%—
- TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS0.1813616071428612%—
- LOCUST BEAN GUM0.0906808035714306%—
- LACTIC ACID0.0453404017857153%—
- NATURAL FLAVORS0.022670200892861203%—
- CARRAGEENAN PRESERVATIVE 800.011335100446430602%—
- PO0.011335100446430602%—›
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CULTURED SKIM MILK, WHEY, SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CULTURED DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (TITANIUM DIOXIDE), GUAR GUM, SORBIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), LOCUST BEAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, CARRAGEENAN PRESERVATIVE 80, PO
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall critical safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.