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Nacho cheese sauce

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

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. TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    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. Sunset yellow FCFHigh 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Water53.6%No flag›
  • Aged cheddar cheese23.2%No flag
  • Milk11.6%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments5.8%No flag
  • Salt0.9%No flag›
  • Enzyme4.9%No flag›
  • Soya oil11.6%No flag›
  • Tomato puree5.8%No flag
  • Water2.9%No flag›
  • Tomato concentrate2.9%No flag
  • Modified corn starch2.9%No flag›
  • Green chili pepper1.5%No flag
  • Green chili pepper0.7%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
  • Jalapeno peppers0.7%No flag›
  • Jalapeno peppers0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Acetic acid · E2600.2%No flag
  • Less than 2% of cornstarch0.4%No flag
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.2%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Datem · E472e<0.1%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Yellow 5 · E102<0.1%High

    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.

  • Yellow 6 · E110<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

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Water, aged cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), soybean oil, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), modified cornstarch, green chiles (green chiles, citric acid), jalapeno peppers (jalapeno peppers, salt, acetic acid), less than 2% of cornstarch, sodium phosphate, salt, datem, mono - and diglycerides, yellow 5, yellow 6.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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