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Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Sodium phosphates).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 4 Oct 2024

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

  • Whole grain corn51.8%No flag
  • Cornmeal24.1%No flag
  • Sugar12.1%No flag›
  • Corn syrup6%No flag›
  • Canola3%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil1.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Colour0.4%No flag
  • Vegetable0.2%No flag
  • Fruit juice<0.1%No flag›
  • Turmeric extract · E100<0.1%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b<0.1%No flag
  • E339iii0.2%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Malic acid · E296<0.1%No flag
  • Vitamins<0.1%No flag›
  • MineralsNo flag
  • Calcium carbonate · E170iNo flag
  • E341iiiNo flag
  • IronNo flag›
  • ZincNo flag›
  • Mineral nutrientsNo flag
  • Vitamin cNo flag›
  • Sodium ascorbate · E301No flag
  • A b vitaminNo flag
  • Niacinamide · E375No flag
  • Vitamin bNo flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Vitamin bhiamin mononitrateNo flag
  • Vitamin aNo flag›
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • Vitamin b2 · E101No flag
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • A b vitaminNo flag
  • Folic acidNo flag›
  • Vitamin b₁2No flag
  • CholecalciferolNo 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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whole grain corn, corn meal, sugar, corn syrup, canola and/or sunflower oil, salt, color (vegetable and fruit juice, turmeric extract, annatto extract), trisodium phosphate, natural flavor, citric acid, malic acid, vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, tricalcium phosphate, iron and zinc (mineral nutrients), vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), a b vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin b, (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin bhiamin mononitrate, vitamin a (palmitate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), a b vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b₁2, vitamin d3,

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

3 moderate · 3 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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