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Bel Brands UsaDairies · 0076306602002

Cheese spread

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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.
  2. Indigotine / indigo carmineModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.
    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

  • Wi grade a cheddar cheese54.5%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk28.4%No flag
  • Lactic ferments13.1%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Enzyme12.2%No flag›
  • Water22.7%No flag›
  • Cream11.4%No flag›
  • Reduced lactose whey5.7%No flag›
  • Reduced protein whey2.8%No flag
  • Port wine1.4%No flag
  • Color added including carmine0.7%No flag
  • Blue 2 · E1320.4%Moderate

    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.

  • Red 40 · E1290.2%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Sorbic acid · E200<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
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Wi grade a cheddar cheese ([aged 9 months or more] pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, cream, reduced lactose whey, reduced protein whey, port wine, color added including carmine, blue 2 and red 40, sorbic acid (to protect flavor), salt.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Indigotine / indigo carmineSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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