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Cheesecake

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

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. Titanium dioxideHigh concernPossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    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. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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. Polysorbate 80Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Cream cheese52.1%No flag
  • Pasteurized milk and cream26.6%No flag
  • Lactic ferments12.8%No flag
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Stabiliser12.4%No flag
  • Carob bean0.3%No flag›
  • Xanthan and guar gum12.1%No flag
  • Cream24%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk12%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E4076%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4713%No flag
  • Polysorbate 80 · E4333%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Sugar7.7%No flag›
  • Vanilla7.7%No flag›
  • Wheat flour3.9%No flag›
  • Cane sugar1.9%No flag›
  • Palm oil1%No flag›
  • Whey0.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • E500ii0.1%No flag
  • Natural butter vanilla flavor0.1%No flag
  • Whole milk4.3%No flag
  • Whole eggs2.1%No flag
  • Icing sugar1.1%No flag
  • Margarine0.5%No flag›
  • Palm oil0.3%No flag›
  • Palm fractions0.1%No flag
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Emulsifiers<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Distilled monoglyceridesNo flag
  • Butter natural flavouringNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • As antioxidantNo flag
  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • Vitamin aNo flag›
  • E160aiNo flag
  • White coatingNo flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Fractionated palm kernel oilNo flag
  • Whey powderNo flag
  • Skimmed milk powderNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • EmulsifierNo flag
  • Titanium dioxide · E171High

    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

  • ColourNo flag
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Egg yolksNo flag›
  • ButterNo flag›
  • CreamNo flag›
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • BananaNo flag›
  • Artificial vanilla flavorNo flag
Show original label text

Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers [carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gum]), cream (nonfat milk, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80), sugar, vanilla crumb (wheat flour, cane sugar, palm oil, whey [milk], salt, sodium bicarbonate, natural butter vanilla flavor), whole milk, whole eggs, powdered sugar, margarine (palm oil, palm fractions, water, salt, emulsifiers [soya lecithin, distilled monoglycerides], natural butter flavor, citric acid [as antioxidant], vitamin a & beta-carotene), white coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin [emulsifier], titanium dioxide [artificial color], and natural flavors), egg yolks, butter (cream), corn starch, banana puree extract, artificial vanilla flavor.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
  • Polysorbate 80Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 4 low · 8 not assessed

8 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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