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Lightly Sauced Roasted Potatoes With Onions & Bacon In A Cheese Sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  • Roasted red potatoes66.7%No flag
  • Cheese bacon sauce16.7%No flag
  • Water8.3%No flag›
  • Cheddar cheese4.2%No flag
  • Pasteurised whole milk2.1%No flag
  • Lactic ferments1%No flag
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.3%No flag›
  • Annatto color0.3%No flag›
  • Light cream blend2.1%No flag
  • Cream1%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk0.5%No flag
  • Skimmed milk powder0.5%No flag
  • Parmigiano reggiano1%No flag
  • Pasteurized semi skimmed milk0.5%No flag
  • Lactic ferments0.3%No flag
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.1%No flag›
  • Modified food starch0.5%No flag›
  • CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF0.3%No flag
  • Cooked bacon bits0.1%No flag
  • Cured with0.1%No flag
  • Water0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphates · E339<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E250High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • MAY CONTAIN UP TO 2% and LESS OFNo flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Brown sugarNo flag›
  • Smoke flavouringNo flag
  • NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL BACON FLAVORNo flag
  • Autolyzed yeast extractNo flag›
  • MaltodextrinNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Bacon fatNo flag›
  • Soya beanNo flag›
  • Cottonseed oilNo flag›
  • Beef fatNo flag›
  • Sodium citrateNo flag›
  • Beef extractNo flag›
  • Beef brothNo flag
  • Autolyzed yeast extractNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • FlavouringNo flag
  • SpiceNo flag›
  • BHT · E321Moderate

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

  • PreservativeNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Natural cheddar flavouringNo flag
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • LactoseNo flag›
  • Whey powderNo flag
  • Autolyzed yeast extractNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • MaltodextrinNo flag›
  • Cheddar cheeseNo flag
  • Cultured pasteurized milkNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • ButtermilkNo flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Annatto · E160bNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Coconut oilNo flag›
  • Onions16.7%No flag›
Show original label text

ROASTED RED POTATOES, CHEESE BACON SAUCE (WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED WHOLE MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR], LIGHT CREAM BLEND [CREAM, SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK POWDER], PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: COOKED BACON BITS [CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, MAY CONTAIN UP TO 2% OR LESS OF: SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, SMOKE FLAVOR], NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BACON FLAVOR [AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR, BACON FAT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, BEEF FAT, SODIUM CITRATE, BEEF EXTRACT (BEEF STOCK, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, FLAVORS), SPICES, BHT (PRESERVATIVE)], SALT, NATURAL CHEDDAR FLAVOR [NATURAL FLAVORS, LACTOSE, WHEY POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK POWDER], XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVOR, COCONUT OIL), ONIONS.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
  • 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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