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Hy-Vee, Hy-Vee Inc.Dairies · 0075450097304

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

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

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 milk53.8%No flag
  • Milk23.1%No flag›
  • Cream11.5%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of salt5.8%No flag
  • Whey protein2.9%No flag›
  • Phosphoric acid · E3381.4%Low

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

  • Guar gum · E4120.7%No flag
  • Carob bean gum · E4100.4%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E4070.2%Low

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

  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Carbon dioxide · E290<0.1%No flag
  • To protect freshness<0.1%No flag
  • Microbial culture<0.1%No flag
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Skim milk, milk, cream, contains 2% or less of salt, whey protein concentrate, phosphoric acid, guar gum, carob bean gum, carrageenan, mono & diglycerides, potassium sorbate and carbon dioxide (to protect freshness), cultures.

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Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

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

Chemical identity has not been assessed for these 3 ingredients yet.

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