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Meals · 0007203632360

Original mac & cheese dinner

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium phosphates).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten

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.

  1. Sodium 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

  • Enriched macaroni product52.2%No flag
  • Wheat flour52.2%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour23.9%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37512%No flag
  • Reduced iron6%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.5%No flag
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Cheese sauce mix0.4%No flag
  • Dairy product0.4%No flag
  • Flour0.2%No flag›
  • Wheat flour<0.1%No flag›
  • Niacin · E375<0.1%No flag
  • Iron<0.1%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate<0.1%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • Folic acidNo flag›
  • Whey<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Enzyme modified cheddar cheese<0.1%No flag
  • Butter<0.1%No flag›
  • Cheddar cheeseNo flag
  • MilkNo flag›
  • Lactic fermentsNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • ButterNo flag›
  • CreamNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • ColourNo flag
  • Annatto · E160bNo flag
  • Lactic fermentsNo flag
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Cheddar cheeseNo flag
  • MilkNo flag›
  • Lactic fermentsNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • ButtermilkNo flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each of the followingNo flag
  • Modified corn starchNo flag›
  • Beetroot juiceNo flag›
  • Annatto · E160bNo flag
  • E160aiNo flag
  • And turmeric oleoresin added for colorNo flag
  • Lactic acid · E270No flag
  • Sodium phosphate · E339Low

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

  • E339iiNo flag
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Enriched macaroni product: (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheese sauce mix: dairy product solids, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whey, salt, enzyme modified cheddar cheese and butter (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], butter [cream, salt, color {annatto extract}], cheese culture, enzymes), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), buttermilk. contains 2% or less of each of the following: modified cornstarch, with beet juice, annatto extract, beta carotene, and turmeric oleoresin added for color, lactic acid, sodium phosphate, disodium phosphate.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium 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

5 moderate · 5 not assessed

5 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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