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Couscous
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Couscous

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

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Jul 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

  • Couscous54.5%No flag
  • Durum wheat semolina54.5%No flag›
  • Yeast extract22.7%No flag›
  • Parmigiano reggiano11.4%No flag
  • Whey5.7%No flag›
  • E339ii2.8%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E2702.8%No flag
  • Salt5.7%No flag›
  • Dried tomatoes2.8%No flag
  • Chicken fat1.4%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk powder0.7%No flag
  • Chicken fat0.4%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk powder0.2%No flag
  • Natural flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Extract of rosemary · E3920.2%No flag
  • Tomato0.4%No flag›
  • Garlic0.2%No flag›
  • Onions<0.1%No flag›
  • Basil<0.1%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.

Show original label text

COUSCOUS (UNENRICHED DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA ),YEAST EXTRACT, PARMESAN CHEESE ([MILK,SALT, CHEESE CULTURES ENZYMES], WHEY, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID ),SALT, DRIED TOMATOES, POWDERED CHICKEN FAT AND NONFAT DRY MILK (CHICKEN FAT, NONFAT DRY MILK AND NATURAL FLAVOR [EXTRACT OF ROSEMARY]),TOMATO POWDER ,GARLIC POWDER, MINCED ONIONS, BASIL.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Jul 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

2 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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