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Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets
QuakerPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0030000037904

Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets

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
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Feb 2024

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are 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.
  2. 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.

Ingredients

  • Specially processed degerminated white corn grits60.5%No flag
  • Salt1.5%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin1.5%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil1.5%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil1.5%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil0.8%No flag›
  • Palm oil0.8%No flag›
  • Rice flour1.5%No flag›
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i1.5%No flag
  • Whey1.5%No flag›
  • Sodium caseinate1.5%No flag›
  • Oat fibre1.5%No flag
  • Natural flavouring1.5%No flag
  • Corn starch1.5%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4711.5%No flag
  • Soya lecithin1.5%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated palm oil1.5%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160b1.5%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Colour1.5%No flag
  • Skimmed milk1.5%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.5%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
  • E160ai1.5%No flag
  • Colour1.5%No flag
  • Folic acid1.5%No flag›
  • One of the b vitamins1.5%No flag
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Specially processed degerminated white corn grits, salt, maltodextrin, sunflower oil, vegetable oil (palm kernel and palm oil), rice flour, calcium carbonate, whey, sodium caseinate, oat fiber, natural flavor, corn starch, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, hydrogenated palm oil, annatto (color), nonfat milk, reduced iron, turmeric (color), niacinamide*, bht and citric acid ( preservatives), thiamin mononitrate*, riboflavin*, beta carotene (color), folic acid*. *one of the b vitamins.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Feb 2024

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

8 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 14 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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