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Large Curd Cottage Cheese
Giant EagleDairies · 0030034964290

Large Curd Cottage Cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Phosphoric acid).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 14 Apr 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Phosphoric acidMinor concernAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some 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.
  2. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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

  • Skimmed milk52.8%No flag
  • Milk23.6%No flag›
  • Cream11.8%No flag›
  • Salt5.9%No flag›
  • Whey3%No flag›
  • Corn starch1.5%No flag›
  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.7%No flag
  • Guar gum · E4120.4%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.2%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Locust bean gum · E410<0.1%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
  • Phosphoric acid · E338<0.1%Low

    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.

  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Sodium phosphate · E339No flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Potassium phosphate · E340No flag
  • EnzymeNo flag›
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CULTURED NONFAT MILK, MILK, CREAM, SALT, WHEY, CORNSTARCH, POTASSIUM SORBATE, GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 14 Apr 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

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