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Cottage Cheese
CrowleyDairies · 0071700502613

Cottage Cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Aspartame).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Jul 2022

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. AspartameModerate concernSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
    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.

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

Ingredients

  • Nonfat cottage cheese50%No flag
  • Cultured pasteurized skim milk25%No flag
  • Skimmed milk12.5%No flag
  • Whey protein6.3%No flag›
  • Whey3.1%No flag›
  • Nonfat solids1.6%No flag
  • Maltodextrin0.8%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Modified food starch0.2%No flag›
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Guar gum · E412<0.1%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low

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

  • Locust bean gum · E410<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Pineapple base25%No flag
  • Pineapple12.5%No flag›
  • Modified food starch6.3%No flag›
  • Salt3.1%No flag›
  • Sodium citrate1.6%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.8%No flag
  • Aspartame · E9510.8%Moderate

    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

  • Potassium sorbate · E20212.5%No flag
  • Carbon dioxide · E29012.5%No flag
  • To preserve freshness12.5%No flag
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Nonfat cottage cheese (cultured pasteurized skim milk, nonfat milk, whey protein concentrate, whey, nonfat solids, maltodextrin, salt, modified food starch, color added, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate and enzyme) and pineapple base (pineapple, modified food starch, salt, sodium citrate, citric acid and aspartame*), potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to preserve freshness).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Jul 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

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