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Velveeta
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Velveeta

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 1 Apr 2026

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Milk53.8%No flag›
  • Water23.1%No flag›
  • Cheese11.5%No flag›
  • Milk5.8%No flag›
  • Microbial culture2.9%No flag
  • Salt1.4%No flag›
  • Chlorure de calcium · E5090.7%No flag
  • Lipase · E11040.4%No flag
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme0.4%No flag
  • Corn maltodextrin5.8%No flag
  • Salt1.9%No flag›
  • Phosphates de sodium · E3391.9%No flag
  • Alginate de sodium · E4011%No flag
  • Gomme de cellulose · E4660.5%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Acide lactique · E2700.3%No flag
  • Acide sorbique · E2000.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Citrate de sodium<0.1%No flag›
  • Phosphate de calcium · E341<0.1%No flag
Show original label text

SUBSTANCES LAITIERES MODIFIES, EAU, FROMAGE (SUBSTANCES LAITIERES MODIFIES, CULTURE BACTERIENNE, SEL, CHLORURE DE CALCIUM, LIPASE, ENZYME MICROBIENNE), MALTODEXTRINE DE MAÏS, SEL, PHOSPHATES DE SODIUM, ALGINATE DE SODIUM, GOMME DE CELLULOSE, ACIDE LACTIQUE, ACIDE SORBIQUE, COLORANT. PEUT CONTENIR CARRAGHÉNANE, CITRATE DE SODIUM ET PHOSPHATE DE CALCIUM. CONTIENT : LAIT

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 1 Apr 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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