Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 12 Mar 2026
Mashed Potatoes Garlic
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
- High
Allergens
- Dairy
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 12 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Vegetable mono- and diglycerides<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Artificial flavouringNo flag
- Diacetyl tartaric acid of ester of mono- and diglyceridesNo flag
- Calcium silicate · E552No flag
- Anti caking agentNo flag
- Contains less than 2% of the following0.9%No flag
- Preservative0.9%No flag
- Colour0.4%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate natural flavor0.5%No flag
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Potatoes, milk, butter (cream, salt), margarine (soybean oil, water, salt, whey solids, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, vegetable mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], citric acid, artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate, diacetyl tartaric acid of ester of mono and diglycerides, calcium silicate [anticaking agent]), water, contains less than 2% of the following: salt, preservative (artificial color, potassium sorbate, salt, and soybean oil), garlic powder, sodium acid pyrophosphate natural flavor.
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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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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