Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Mustard, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Feb 2025
Pimento Cheese Spread
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Mustard
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 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
- Pasteurized cheese product52.6%No flag
- American cheese23.7%No flag
- Pasteurised milk11.8%No flag
- Lactic ferments5.9%No flag
- Skimmed milk0.7%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
- Sorbic acid · E200<0.1%No flag
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Annatto · E160bNo flag
- B-APO-8' carotenalNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- Salad dressingNo flag
- MustardNo flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
- Xanthan gum · E415No flag
- Calcium disodium EDTA · E385No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- PimientoNo flag
- CarotenolNo flag
- ColourNo flag
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PASTEURIZED CHEESE PRODUCT (AMERICAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, WHEY, MODIFIED WHEY, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SKIM MILK, BUTTERMILK, SODIUM CITRATE, CREAM, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), ANNATTO AND B-APO-8' CAROTENAL (FOR COLOR), SALAD DRESSING (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, VINEGAR, SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, EGG YOLK, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), CITRIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, XANTHAN GUM, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR)), PIMENTOS, JALAPENOS, CAROTENOL (COLOR).
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Food health
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
What drives this
- WaterModerate concern
- Sodium CitrateModerate concern
- SaltModerate concern
5 of 8 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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