Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025
Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).
- High
Allergens
- Dairy
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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.
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.
Ingredients
- Tomato puree48.6%No flag
- Tomato concentrate23%No flag
- Macaroni14.4%No flag
- Niacin · E3753.5%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
- Contains less than2%No flag
- Potassium chloride · E5080.6%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.3%No flag
- Enzyme modified romano cheese<0.1%No flag
- Romano cheese<0.1%No flag
- Pasteurised cow S milk<0.1%No flag
- Lactic fermentsNo flag
- E339iiNo flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Caramel color · E150aNo flag
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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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TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BEEF, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2%: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVOR, YEAST EXTRACT, ENZYME MODIFIED ROMANO CHEESE (ROMANO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE], SPICE EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SPICE, CARAMEL COLOR.
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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
5 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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