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Old Fashioned CheeseDairies · 0048707432274

Bacon cheddar cheese snack spread

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

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. ErythrosineModerate concernIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    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. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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

  • Cheese55%No flag›
  • Pasteurised milk28.8%No flag
  • Lactic ferments13.1%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Enzyme12.4%No flag›
  • Water22.5%No flag›
  • Whey11.3%No flag›
  • Soya oil5.6%No flag›
  • Cream cheese2.8%No flag
  • Pasteurized milk and cream1.4%No flag
  • Lactic ferments0.7%No flag
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Carob bean gum · E4100.4%No flag
  • Less than 2% imitation bacon bits1.4%No flag
  • Textured plant protein0.7%No flag
  • Soya flour0.4%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a0.2%No flag
  • Red #3 · E1270.2%Moderate

    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

  • Soya oil0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Hydrolyzed corn-soy-wheat protein<0.1%No flag
  • Sorbic acid · E2000.7%No flag
  • As a preservative0.7%No flag
  • Annatto color0.4%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E4150.2%No flag
  • Smoke flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, whey, soybean oil, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), less than 2% imitation bacon bits (textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color, red #3], soybean oil, salt, natural flavors, hydrolyzed corn-soy-wheat protein), sorbic acid (as a preservative), annatto color, xanthan gum, smoke flavor.

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
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 4 not assessed

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