Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025
Mucho Cheese
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- 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.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
- 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.
Ingredients
- Cornmeal66.7%No flag
- Corn oil with citric acid added as preservative16.7%No flag
- Cheese powder16.7%No flag
- Dehydrated blend of whey8.3%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E3390.5%No flag
- Contains less than 2% of monosodium glutamate0.3%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.1%No flag
- Yellow 5 · E102<0.1%High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Lactic acid · E270No flag
- Artificial flavouringNo flag
- Red 40 · E129High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)Moderate
Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
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ENRICHED CORN MEAL, CORN OIL (CORN OIL WITH CITRIC ACID ADDED AS PRESERVATIVE), CHEESE POWDER (DEHYDRATED BLEND OF WHEY [ FROM MILK], PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, YELLOW 5, SPICE, LACTIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, RED 40)
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
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