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Real mashed potatoes mix pouches butter & herb
General Mills0016000274426

Real mashed potatoes mix pouches butter & herb

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium hydrogen sulphite).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Apr 2022

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Sodium hydrogen sulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    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.
  2. DiphosphatesMinor 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

  • Potatoes55.7%No flag›
  • Salt2.3%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin2.3%No flag›
  • Butter2.3%No flag›
  • Cream1.2%No flag›
  • Salt1.2%No flag›
  • Corn syrup2.3%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4712.3%No flag
  • Spice2.3%No flag›
  • Buttermilk2.3%No flag›
  • Parsley2.3%No flag›
  • Garlic2.3%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk2.3%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring2.3%No flag
  • Modified corn starch2.3%No flag›
  • Onion2.3%No flag›
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil2.3%No flag›
  • Silicon dioxide · E5512.3%No flag
  • Anti caking agent2.3%No flag
  • Colour2.3%No flag
  • Freshness preserved by sodium acid pyrophosphate2.3%No flag
  • Sodium bisulfite · E2222.3%Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

  • Citric acid · E3302.3%No flag
  • Diphosphates (E450)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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potatoes*, salt, maltodextrin, butter (cream, salt), corn syrup*, mono and diglycerides, spice, buttermilk, parsley flakes, garlic*, nonfat milk, natural and artificial flavor, modified corn starch, onion', partially hydrogenated soybean oil, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), color added. freshness preserved by sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bisulfite, citric acid. contains milk

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Apr 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium hydrogen sulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic 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

2 moderate · 3 low · 7 not assessed

7 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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