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Mashed Potato Granules
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Mashed Potato Granules

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 22 Feb 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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

  • Potato62.5%No flag›
  • CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF mono- and DIGLYCERIDES18.8%No flag
  • Freshness preserved with sodium bisulfite9.4%No flag
  • BHT · E3219.4%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

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POTATO (DRY), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, FRESHNESS PRESERVED WITH SODIUM BISULFITE AND BHT.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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