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Cheese puffs, cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Sodium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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 corn meal53.6%No flag
  • Vegetable oil23.2%No flag›
  • May contain one and more of the following11.6%No flag
  • Corn11.6%No flag›
  • Canola5.8%No flag›
  • Soya bean5.8%No flag›
  • Whey11.6%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin5.8%No flag›
  • Reduced lactose whey2.9%No flag›
  • Cheddar1.5%No flag
  • Blue cheese0.7%No flag›
  • Soured milk0.4%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.2%No flag›
  • Canola oil0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Paprika<0.1%No flag›
  • Turmeric<0.1%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160b<0.1%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • E339ii<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
  • Less than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking agent<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium phosphates (E339)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Degerminated yellow corn meal, vegetable oil (may contain one or more of the following: corn, canola, soybean), whey, maltodextrin, reduced lactose whey, cheddar and blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), canola oil, salt, color (paprika, turmeric, annatto), disodium phosphate, citric acid, lactic acid and less than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking agent.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
  • Sodium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 4 not assessed

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