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Frozen Foods · 0079893108728

Mac & cheese rice pasta in a creamy cheddar cheese sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium phosphates).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Mustard

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

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Sodium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Cooked elbow rice pasta54.2%No flag
  • White rice flour29.2%No flag
  • Water25%No flag›
  • Water22.9%No flag›
  • Milk11.5%No flag›
  • Cholecalciferol11.5%No flag›
  • Cheddar cheese5.7%No flag
  • Soured milk2.9%No flag
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.4%No flag›
  • Annatto color0.4%No flag›
  • Natamycin · E2351.6%No flag
  • Mold inhibitor1.6%No flag
  • Modified corn starch2.9%No flag›
  • Cream1.4%No flag›
  • Cream0.7%No flag›
  • Carrageenan · E4070.7%Low

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

  • Butter0.7%No flag›
  • Cream0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Cheddar cheese flavor0.4%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese0.2%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk<0.1%No flag
  • Microbial culture<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Enzyme<0.1%No flag›
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • Yeast extract<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • E339ii<0.1%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Cheese base<0.1%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese powder<0.1%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese<0.1%No flag
  • Milk<0.1%No flag›
  • Microbial cultureNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Whey<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • MaltodextrinNo flag›
  • E339iiNo flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Yeast extract<0.1%No flag›
  • Corn oilNo flag›
  • Unsalted butterNo flag
  • CreamNo flag›
  • FlavouringNo flag
  • Sweet cream powderNo flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • MustardNo flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Sodium phosphates · E339<0.1%Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

  • Annatto color<0.1%No flag›
Show original label text

Cooked elbow rice pasta (white rice flour, water), water, milk (with vitamin d3), cheddar cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color, natamycin [mold inhibitor]), modified corn starch, cream (cream, carrageenan), butter (pasteurized cream, salt), cheddar cheese flavor (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, yeast extract, natural flavors, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum), salt, cheese base (cheddar cheese powder [cheddar cheese {milk, cultures, salt, enzymes}, whey, natural flavors, maltodextrin, disodium phosphate], salt, yeast extract, corn oil, unsalted butter [cream, flavorings], sweet cream powder, sugar, dry mustard, potassium sorbate), sodium phosphates, annatto color.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Mustard.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
  • 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

What drives this

2 moderate · 5 not assessed

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