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Mexican-style blend cheese
Kirkland,Kirkland SignatureDairies · 0096619167517

Mexican-style blend cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Aug 2022

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

  • Monterey Jack cheese32%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk22.5%No flag
  • Microbial culture4.8%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Enzyme4%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme0.8%No flag
  • Vegetable3.2%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese32%No flag
  • Pasteurised mature29.7%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.8%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme0.4%No flag
  • Vegetable0.4%No flag
  • Colour0.8%No flag
  • 160b0.8%No flag
  • Queso Quesadilla Cheese16%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk10.5%No flag
  • Microbial culture2.8%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Enzyme2%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme0.8%No flag
  • Vegetable1.2%No flag
  • Asadero Cheese16%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk10.7%No flag
  • Microbial culture2.7%No flag
  • Enzyme2.7%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme1.3%No flag
  • Vegetable1.3%No flag
  • Anti caking agent3%No flag
  • Potato starch2%No flag›
  • 4601%No flag
  • Preservative1%No flag
  • 2351%No flag
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixin (E160B)Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

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Monterey Jack cheese (32%) [pasteurised milk, culture, salt, enzymes (microbial or vegetable)], Cheddar cheese (32%) [pasteurised mature, salt, enzymes (microbial or vegetable), colour (160b)], Queso Quesadilla Cheese (16%) [pasteurised milk, culture, salt, enzymes (microbial or vegetable)], Asadero Cheese (16%) [pasteurised milk, culture, enzymes (microbial or vegetable)], anticaking agent (potato starch, 460), preservative (235)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Aug 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

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