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Meijer, instant oatmeal, strawberries & cream, strawberries & cream
MeijerPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0041250564812

Meijer, instant oatmeal, strawberries & cream, strawberries & cream

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. Potassium 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Whole grain oat flakes53.1%No flag
  • Sugar17.1%No flag›
  • Flavored and colored fruit pieces14.9%No flag
  • Dried apple7.4%No flag
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i3.7%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring1.9%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.9%No flag
  • Sodium sulfite to preserve color0.5%No flag
  • Red 40 · E1290.5%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Creaming powder7.4%No flag
  • Maltodextrin3.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil1.9%No flag›
  • Soya bean0.9%No flag›
  • Palm0.5%No flag
  • Coconut0.2%No flag›
  • Canola0.2%No flag›
  • Whey0.9%No flag›
  • Sodium caseinate0.5%No flag›
  • A milk derivative0.5%No flag
  • Potassium phosphate · E3400.5%Low

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

  • Contains less than 2% of3.7%No flag
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i3.7%No flag
  • A source of calcium3.7%No flag
  • Salt0.6%No flag›
  • Guar gum · E4120.6%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.6%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.6%No flag
  • Ferric orthophosphate0.6%No flag›
  • A source of iron0.6%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate0.3%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3750.1%No flag
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride<0.1%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
  • Thiamin mononitrate<0.1%No flag›
  • Folic acid<0.1%No flag›
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Whole grain rolled oats, sugar, flavored and colored fruit pieces (dried apples, calcium carbonate, artificial flavor, citric acid and sodium sulfite to preserve color, red 40), creamer (maltodextrin, vegetable oil [soybean and/or palm and/or coconut and/or canola], whey, sodium caseinate [a milk derivative], potassium phosphate), contains less than 2% of: calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), salt, guar gum, natural & artificial flavor, citric acid, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide*, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, thiamin mononitrate*, folic acid*.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Potassium phosphatesInorganic 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

What drives this

1 high · 4 moderate · 1 minor · 1 low

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