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Snacks · 0029000026803

Cheese flavored snacks balls, cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    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. Sunset yellow FCFHigh 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.
  3. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Degerminated yellow cornmeal60%No flag
  • Canola20%No flag›
  • Corn oil10%No flag›
  • Mixed cheese5%No flag
  • Whey2.5%No flag›
  • From milk2.5%No flag›
  • Semisoft cheese1.3%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk0.6%No flag
  • Lactic ferments0.3%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.6%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil0.3%No flag›
  • Lactose0.2%No flag›
  • Modified food starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin<0.1%No flag›
  • Whey protein<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E339No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Yellow 5 · E102High

    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.

  • Yellow 6 · E110High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Lactic acid · E270No flag
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Annatto · E160b5%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Colour5%No flag
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Degerminated yellow cornmeal, canola and/or corn oil, dried cheese blend (whey [from milk], semisoft cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], salt, sunflower oil, lactose, modified food starch, maltodextrin, whey protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, citric acid, yellow 5, yellow 6, lactic acid, natural flavor), annatto (color).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 1 not assessed

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