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H-E-B natural cheese (mild cheddar)

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Jun 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

  • Milk55.6%No flag›
  • Salt22.2%No flag›
  • Enzyme11.1%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme11.1%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b5.6%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Colour5.6%No flag
  • WITH PRIDE and CARE FOR H-E-BⓇ2.8%No flag
  • San antonio1.4%No flag
  • 78204 *NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN SHOWN BETWEEN MILK FROM COWS TREATED and NOT TREATED WITH rbST0.7%No flag
  • Artificial growth hormone0.7%No flag
  • FOR MAXIMUM FRESHNESS USE CONTENTS WITHIN 3-5 DAYS *Not recycled in OF OPENING KEEP REFRIGERATED all communities 39657-2304 heb.com0.3%No flag
  • Select0.3%No flag›
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CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES (MICROBIAL), ANNATTO (COLOR). (CONTAINS: MILK MADE WITH PRIDE AND CARE FOR H-E-BⓇ, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78204 *NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN SHOWN BETWEEN MILK FROM COWS TREATED OR NOT TREATED WITH rbST (ARTIFICIAL GROWTH HORMONE). FOR MAXIMUM FRESHNESS USE CONTENTS WITHIN 3-5 DAYS *Not recycled in OF OPENING KEEP REFRIGERATED GLUTEN FREE all communities 39657-2304 heb.com/select

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Jun 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

1 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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