Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025
Homestyle Mashed Potatoes
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
- High
Allergens
- Dairy
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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
- Whole milk22.2%No flag
- Vegetable oil blend5.6%No flag
- Colour2.8%No flag
- VEGETABLE mono- and DIGLYCERIDES<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- To protect quality<0.1%No flag
- Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Sweet cream butter2.8%No flag
- Potassium sorbate to protect flavor0.7%No flag
- Disodium pyrophosphate added for color0.3%No flag
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POTATOES, WHOLE MILK, MARGARINE (VEGETABLE OIL BLEND [LIQUID SOYBEAN OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL], ARTIFICIAL COLOR, WATER, SALT, WHEY [MILK], SOY LECITHIN, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM BENZOATE [TO PROTECT QUALITY], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, VITAMIN A PALMITATE), BUTTER (SWEET CREAM, SALT, ANNATTO COLOR), SALT, WATER, POTASSIUM SORBATE TO PROTECT FLAVOR, DISODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE ADDED FOR COLOR, SPICE.
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
4 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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