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Mac & 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
  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

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

  • Mac and cheese sauce75%No flag
  • Milk41.7%No flag›
  • American cheese16.7%No flag
  • Cultured pasteurized milk8.3%No flag
  • Salt enzymes4.2%No flag
  • Water2.1%No flag›
  • Milkfat1%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.5%No flag
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160b0.3%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Cheddar cheese8.3%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk4.2%No flag
  • Lactic ferments2.1%No flag
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.5%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160b0.5%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Cellulose · E4600.7%No flag
  • Anti caking0.7%No flag
  • Flour4.2%No flag›
  • Wheat flour2.1%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour2.1%No flag›
  • Butter2.1%No flag›
  • Cream1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring1%No flag
  • Salt2.1%No flag›
  • Macaroni pasta25%No flag
  • Water12.5%No flag›
  • Durum wheat semolina6.3%No flag›
  • Durum semolina wheat flour3.1%No flag
  • Niacin · E3751.6%No flag
  • Ferrous sulfate0.8%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Folic acid0.2%No flag›
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Mac and cheese sauce (milk, american cheese [cultured pasteurized milk, salt enzymes, water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, salt and annatto], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto, cellulose (anti caking)], flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour], butter [cream, natural flavoring], salt), macaroni pasta (water, enriched durum semolina [durum semolina wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

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

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