Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Butter enriched instant grits, butter
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- 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.
Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- 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
- Specially processed degerminated white corn grits55.3%No flag
- Skimmed milk5.6%No flag
- Sodium silicoaluminate · E5541.4%No flag
- Silicon dioxide · E5510.3%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.2%No flag
- Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Annatto · E160b<0.1%Low
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- Calcium carbonate · E170i1.5%No flag
- Butter natural flavouring1.5%No flag
- Silicon dioxide · E5511.5%No flag
- Colour1.5%No flag
- Annatto · E160b0.8%Low
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- E160ai0.4%No flag
- Niacin · E3751.5%No flag
- Bha · E3201.5%Moderate
Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- Citric acid · E3301.5%No flag
- Preservative1.5%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1011.5%No flag
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Specially processed degerminated white corn grits, dried margarine (palm oil, nonfat milk, whey, sodium silicoaluminate, sodium caseinate, silicon dioxide, mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavor, annatto), salt, calcium carbonate, natural butter flavors, silicon dioxide, soy lecithin, color added (annatto, turmeric and beta carotene), ferric phosphate, niacin*, bha and citric acid (as preservatives), thiamin mononitrate*, riboflavin*, folic acid*.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- SaltLow concern
- Ferric OrthophosphateLow concern
- Thiamin MononitrateLow concern
2 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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