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DeseretPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0402095720007

Instant mashed potatoes

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Aug 2025

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Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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

  • Potatoes55.6%No flag›
  • Salt22.2%No flag›
  • Canola oil11.1%No flag›
  • Monoglycerides5.6%No flag›
  • Diglycerides2.8%No flag
  • Colour1.4%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.7%No flag
  • Freshness preserved with sodium bisulfite0.3%No flag
  • BHT · E3210.3%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

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POTATOES, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED CANOLA OIL, MONOGLYCERIDES, DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, FRESHNESS PRESERVED WITH SODIUM BISULFITE AND BHT.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 1 not assessed

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