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Blue cheese dip
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Blue cheese dip

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Tree nuts

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 13 Jul 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    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. Sodium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
    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

  • Milk51.8%No flag›
  • Cream24.1%No flag›
  • Canola Oil12.1%No flag›
  • Egg6%No flag›
  • Fig3%No flag›
  • Water1.5%No flag›
  • Pistachio nuts0.8%No flag
  • Skimmed milk0.4%No flag
  • Concentrated lemon juice0.2%No flag
  • Vinegar<0.1%No flag›
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Locust Bean Gum · E410<0.1%No flag
  • Lactic Acid · E270No flag
  • RennetNo flag›
  • Microbial cultureNo flag
  • Calcium Chloride · E509No flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Xanthan Gum · E415No flag
  • Sodium CitrateNo flag›
  • Sodium Alginate · E401No flag
  • Citric Acid · E330No flag
  • Potassium Sorbate · E202No flag
  • Sodium Benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Tara Gum · E417No flag
  • Sodium Nitrate · E251Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

  • Pencillium roquefortiNo flag
  • Lipase · E1104No flag
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Milk, Cream, Canola Oil, Egg, Fig, Water, Roasted Pistachio, Skim Milk, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Locust Bean Gum, Lactic Acid, Rennet, Cultures, Calcium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Alginate, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Tara Gum, Sodium Nitrate, Penicillium Roqueforti, Lipase

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Tree nuts.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 13 Jul 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.

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