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Mashed potatoes with cheese, sour cream, bacon and chives

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium nitriteHigh concernForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
    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.
  3. DiphosphatesMinor 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Cooked potatoes53.8%No flag
  • Potatoes28.8%No flag›
  • Water25%No flag›
  • Milk with vitamin d323.1%No flag
  • Butter11.5%No flag›
  • Cream5.8%No flag›
  • Salt5.8%No flag›
  • Pasteurized process white cheddar cheese5.8%No flag
  • Water2.9%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3391.4%No flag
  • Milkfat0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Sour cream2.9%No flag
  • Cream1.4%No flag›
  • Modified food starch0.7%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.4%No flag
  • Guar gum · E4120.2%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low

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

  • Calcium sulfate · E516<0.1%No flag
  • Locust bean gum · E410<0.1%No flag
  • Microbial culture<0.1%No flag
  • Contains 2% and less of cream1.4%No flag
  • Bacon0.7%No flag
  • With water0.4%No flag›
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Smoke flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium phosphates · E339<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium nitrite · E250<0.1%High

    Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.

  • Sea salt0.4%No flag›
  • Antimicrobial blend0.2%No flag
  • Maltodextrin<0.1%No flag›
  • Cultured dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • E262ii<0.1%No flag
  • Nisin preparation<0.1%No flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Nisin · E234No flag
  • Egg white lysozyme<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450i<0.1%No flag
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Chives<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Diphosphates (E450)Low

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

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Cooked potatoes (potatoes, water), milk with vitamin d3, butter (cream and salt), pasteurized process white cheddar cheese ([pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, sodium phosphate, milkfat, salt), sour cream (cream, modified food starch, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, calcium sulfate, locust bean gum, culture), contains 2% or less of cream, bacon (cured with water, sugar, salt, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), sea salt, antimicrobial blend (maltodextrin, cultured dextrose, sodium diacetate, nisin preparation [salt, nisin], egg white lysozyme), sodium acid pyrophosphate, spice, chives, potassium sorbate (preservative).

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Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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1 low · 2 not assessed

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