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quaker grits

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 18 Jun 2024

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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

  • Degerminated white corn grits53.8%No flag
  • Salt23.1%No flag›
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i11.5%No flag
  • Reduced iron5.8%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3752.9%No flag
  • Bht · E3211.4%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
  • To preserve freshness0.7%No flag
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Folic acid<0.1%No flag›
  • J *one of the b vitamins<0.1%No flag
  • See other side for opening please no tiny dark sp occasionally in our grits naturall occurring in corn we use product and d affect the ta and texture f for special offers<0.1%No flag
  • To i<0.1%No flag
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degerminated white corn grits, salt, calcium carbonate, reduced iron, niacinamide*, bht and citric acid (to preserve freshness), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin*, folic acid*, j *one of the b vitamins, see other side for opening please no tiny dark sp occasionally in our grits naturall occurring in corn we use product and d affect the ta or texture f for special offers , to i

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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