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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0047918030194

Poblano pepper strips with cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten
  • Soy

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

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Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    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. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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.
  3. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Poblano pepper strips56.3%No flag
  • Onion21.9%No flag›
  • Milk10.9%No flag›
  • Cream5.5%No flag›
  • Cream2.7%No flag›
  • Guar gum · E4121.4%No flag
  • Locust bean gum · E4100.7%No flag
  • Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose0.3%No flag›
  • Pectin · E440a0.2%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Iodised salt<0.1%No flag
  • Flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Chihuahua style cheese2.7%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk1.4%No flag
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Calcium chloride · E5090.3%No flag
  • Rennet0.8%No flag›
  • Corn hull fiber1.4%No flag
  • Iodised salt0.3%No flag
  • Coating1.1%No flag›
  • Iodised salt0.3%No flag
  • Potato starch0.2%No flag›
  • Glucose<0.1%No flag›
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Monosoidium glutamate<0.1%No flag
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Wheat flour<0.1%No flag›
  • Hydrolyzed soy and corn protein<0.1%No flag
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Yeast<0.1%No flag›
  • Parsley<0.1%No flag›
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)Moderate

    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) (E466)Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

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Poblano pepper strips, onion, milk, cream (cream, guar gum, locust bean gum, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, pectin, carrageenan, citric acid, iodized salt, flavoring), chihuahua style cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, calcium chloride, rennet), corn hull fiber, iodized salt, seasoning (iodized salt, potato starch, glucose, sugar, monosoidium glutamate, onion, wheat flour, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, partially hydrogenated soy oil, yeast, parsley).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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1 high · 3 not assessed

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