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Macaroni & cheese dinner
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Macaroni & cheese dinner

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Nov 2022

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

  • Enriched macaroni product75%No flag
  • Wheat flour41.1%No flag›
  • Durum wheat flour17%No flag
  • Niacin · E3758.5%No flag
  • Ferrous sulfate4.2%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate2.1%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.1%No flag
  • Folic acid1.1%No flag›
  • Cheese sauce mix25%No flag
  • Wheat flour12.5%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin6.3%No flag›
  • Whey3.1%No flag›
  • Salt1%No flag›
  • Soya oil1%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3390.5%No flag
  • Natural flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.1%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese<0.1%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk<0.1%No flag
  • Lactic ferments<0.1%No flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo 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.

  • Yellow 6 lake · E110High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Yellow 5 lake · E102High

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

  • Sodium caseinateNo flag›
  • ButterfatNo flag›
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Enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheese sauce mix (wheat flour, maltodextrin, whey, salt, soybean oil, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, citric acid, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], yellow 5, yellow 6, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, sodium caseinate, butter oil.)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Nov 2022

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.

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