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Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 6 Aug 2025

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Milk56.3%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments21.9%No flag
  • Salt10.9%No flag›
  • Enzyme5.5%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160b2.7%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Vegetable pigment2.7%No flag
  • Potato starch1.4%No flag›
  • Corn starch0.7%No flag›
  • Calcium sulfate added to prevent caking natamycin0.7%No flag
  • Preservative0.7%No flag
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PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR), POTATO STARCH, CORNSTARCH AND CALCIUM SULFATE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 6 Aug 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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