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Pupusas

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Jun 2022

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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

  • Corn flour50%No flag›
  • Water25%No flag›
  • Filling12.5%No flag
  • Cheese12.5%No flag›
  • Pasteurised milk6.3%No flag
  • Milk cream3.1%No flag›
  • Rennin and salt3.1%No flag
  • Vegetable oilNo flag›
  • Vegetable oilNo flag›
  • Tbhq · E319No flag
  • AntioxidantNo flag
  • Less thanNo flag
  • Iodised saltNo flag
  • Glycerin · E422No flag
  • HumectantNo flag
  • Carboxymethylcellulose · E466Low

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

  • HumectantNo flag
  • IngredientsNo flag
  • 805upusasNo flag
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corn flour, water, filling (cheese (37%) (pasteurized milk, milk cream, rennin and salt), vegetable oil (vegetable oil and tbhq (antioxidant) (less than 0,02%)), iodized salt, glycerin (humectant) and carboxymethylcellulose (humectant), contains milk ingredients, 805upusas

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Jun 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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

What drives this

1 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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