Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024
Mexican 4 cheese blend
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Annatto / bixin / norbixin).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Monterey jack cheese53.3%No flag
- Pasteurised milk27.5%No flag
- Lactic ferments12.9%No flag
- Cheddar cheese23.3%No flag
- Pasteurised milk11.7%No flag
- Lactic ferments5.8%No flag
- Annatto · E160b4%Low
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- Colour4%No flag
- Asadero cheese11.7%No flag
- Lactic ferments2.9%No flag
- Enzymes) queso quesadilla cheese0.9%No flag
- Lactic ferments0.3%No flag
- Calcium sulfate added to prevent caking · E516No flag
- Natamycin · E235No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
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Monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), asadero cheese (pasteurized), milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes) queso quesadilla cheese (pasteurized) milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), potato starch, corn starch, calcium sulfate added to prevent caking. natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
Alerts
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
- SaltLow concern
- Potato StarchLow concern
- Corn StarchLow concern
2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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