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Crisp, Golden Flake Snack Foods Inc.Snacks · 0072080301216

Crisp & crunchy cheese curls

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 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. 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

  • Cornmeal52.6%No flag
  • Cornmeal26.8%No flag
  • Ferrous sulfate12.9%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3756.5%No flag
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.2%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • And folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Cooked in one and more of the following pure vegetable oils23.7%No flag
  • Corn23.7%No flag›
  • Cottonseed11.8%No flag›
  • Canola5.9%No flag›
  • Palm3%No flag
  • Soya bean1.5%No flag›
  • Coconut0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Ingredients of seasoning0.2%No flag
  • Whey0.2%No flag›
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Cheddar<0.1%No flag
  • Blue cheese<0.1%No flag›
  • Milk<0.1%No flag›
  • Lactic fermentsNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Maltodextrin<0.1%No flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • ButtermilkNo flag›
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Fd&c yellow #6 lakeNo flag
  • Fd&c yellow #6 · E110High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Fd&c yellow #5 · E102High

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

  • Fd&c yellow #5 lakeNo flag
  • E339iiNo flag
  • Lactic acid · E270No 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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Enriched corn meal (corn meal, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), cooked in one or more of the following pure vegetable oils: corn, cottonseed, canola, palm, soybean or coconut, salt. ingredients of seasoning: whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, cheddar/blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin, salt, buttermilk, natural flavors, artificial colors, (fd&c yellow #6 lake, fd&c yellow #6, fd&c yellow #5 and fd&c yellow #5 lake). disodium phosphate, lactic acid.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 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.
  • 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

2 moderate · 7 not assessed

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