Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Cheese spread
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium nitrate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Cheddar cheese54.5%No flag
- Cultured pasteurized milk28.6%No flag
- Calcium chloride · E50923.5%No flag
- Reduce lactose whey2.8%No flag
- Bacon1.4%No flag
- Smoke flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
- Sodium nitrate · E251<0.1%Moderate
Reducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
- Sorbic acid · E2000.7%No flag
- Preservative0.7%No flag
- Guar gum · E412<0.1%No flag
- Natural smoke flavouring<0.1%No flag
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Cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color, calcium chloride), water, cream, whey, reduce lactose whey, bacon (pork cured with: water, salt, sugar, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate), sorbic acid (to protect flavor), salt, annatto color, guar gum, natural smoke flavor.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitrateReducible to nitrite in vivo; precursor to nitrosamine formation in cured meats.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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