QuakerPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0030000563991

Instant grits

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

Food health: Critical
Chemical concern: Not assessed

Allergens

Dairy
Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 May 2022

Why it's rated this way

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

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.
Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
What it is
Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
Why it's flagged
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
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.

Specially processed degerminated white corn grits64.4%No flag
Salt1.5%No flag›
Sunflower oil1.5%No flag›
Calcium carbonate · E170i1.5%No flag
Maltodextrin1.5%No flag›
Whey1.5%No flag›
Soya lecithin1.5%No flag›
Sodium caseinate1.5%No flag›
Tapioca dextrin1.5%No flag
Corn starch1.5%No flag›
Natural flavouring1.5%No flag
Mono- and diglycerides · E4711.5%No flag
E160ai1.5%No flag
Colour1.5%No flag
Reduced iron1.5%No flag›
Annatto · E160b1.5%Low
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
Colour1.5%No flag
Artificial flavouring1.5%No flag
Skimmed milk1.5%No flag
Turmeric1.5%No flag›
Colour1.5%No flag
Niacinamide · E3751.5%No flag
Bht · E3211.5%Moderate
Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
Citric acid · E3301.5%No flag
Preservative1.5%No flag
Thiamin mononitrate1.5%No flag›
Riboflavin · E1011.5%No flag
Folic acid1.5%No flag›

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Specially processed degerminated white corn grits, salt, sunflower oil, calcium carbonate, maltodextrin, whey, soy lecithin, sodium caseinate, tapioca dextrin, corn starch, natural flavor, mono and diglycerides, beta carotene (color), reduced iron, annatto (color), artificial flavor, nonfat milk, turmeric (color), niacinamide*, bht and citric acid (preservatives), thiamin mononitrate*, riboflavin*, folic acid*.

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Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 May 2022

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.
Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

SaltLow concern
Sunflower OilLow concern
MaltodextrinLow concern

8 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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Instant grits

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