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Cheese Puffs
H-E-BCheese Puffs · 0041220748891

Cheese Puffs

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium phosphates).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 May 2025

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

  • Cornmeal58.3%No flag
  • Vegetable oil20.8%No flag›
  • CONTAINS ONE and MORE OF THE FOLLOWING10.4%No flag
  • Corn10.4%No flag›
  • Oil10.4%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oil5.2%No flag›
  • Palm oil2.6%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil2.6%No flag›
  • Mixed cheese10.4%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese5.2%No flag
  • Soured milk2.6%No flag
  • Salt1.3%No flag›
  • Enzyme1.3%No flag›
  • Whey2.6%No flag›
  • Buttermilk1.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring0.3%No flag
  • E339ii0.2%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E2700.2%No flag
  • Salt1.3%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk powder1.3%No flag
  • Butter7.8%No flag›
  • Cream1.3%No flag›
  • Salt6.5%No 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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CORN MEAL, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, COTTONSEED, PALM, SUNFLOWER OIL), CHEESE BLEND (CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, BUTTERMILK, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID), SALT, NONFAT DRY MILK, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 May 2025

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

  • SaltModerate concern

1 moderate · 2 not assessed

2 of 3 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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