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Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
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Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium phosphates).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 18 Dec 2022

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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

  • Enriched macaroni product52.6%No flag
  • Wheat flour52.6%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour23.7%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37511.8%No flag
  • Reduced iron5.9%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.5%No flag
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Cheddar cheese sauce0.4%No flag
  • Whey0.4%No flag›
  • Dairy product0.2%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Cheddar cheese<0.1%No flag
  • Milk<0.1%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments<0.1%No flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Modified corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each of the following<0.1%No flag
  • Beetroot juice<0.1%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160bNo flag
  • E160aiNo flag
  • And turmeric oleoresin added for colorNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No 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 macaroni product: (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese sauce: whey, dairy product solids, salt, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of each of the following: with beet juice, annatto extract, beta carotene, and turmeric oleoresin added for color, citric acid, disodium phosphate, lactic acid.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 18 Dec 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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

4 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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