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Imperial Old Cheddar
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Imperial Old Cheddar

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 1 Apr 2026

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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

  • Cheddar cheese57.6%No flag
  • Milk33.8%No flag›
  • Milk ingredients10.4%No flag›
  • Salt5.2%No flag›
  • Bacterial culture3.2%No flag
  • Calcium chloride · E5092.2%No flag
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme1.6%No flag
  • Lipase · E11041.2%No flag
  • Milk ingredients17.7%No flag›
  • Water8.9%No flag›
  • Salt5.5%No flag›
  • Sorbic acid · E2003.7%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3302.7%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E2702.1%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b1.7%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

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Cheddar cheese (milk, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, lipase), Modified milk ingredients, Water, Salt, Sorbic acid, Citric acid, Lactic acid, Annatto. Contains: Milk.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

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

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 1 not assessed

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How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

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