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Instant Grits Butter Flavor
QuakerGrits · 0030000568507

Instant Grits Butter Flavor

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 21 Apr 2026

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

  • Degerminated white corn grits88.5%No flag
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin0.4%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil0.4%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil0.4%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil0.2%No flag›
  • Palm oil0.2%No flag›
  • Rice flour0.4%No flag›
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i0.4%No flag
  • Whey0.4%No flag›
  • Sodium caseinate0.4%No flag›
  • Oat fibre0.4%No flag
  • Natural flavouring0.4%No flag
  • Corn starch0.4%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.4%No flag
  • Soya lecithin0.4%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated palm oil0.4%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160b0.4%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Colour0.4%No flag
  • Skimmed milk0.4%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.4%No flag›
  • Turmeric0.4%No flag›
  • Colour0.4%No flag
  • Niacinamide" · E3750.4%No flag
  • BHT · E3210.4%Moderate

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

  • Citric acid · E3300.4%No flag
  • To preserve freshness0.4%No flag
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • E160ai0.4%No flag
  • Colour0.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • One of the B vitamins0.4%No flag
  • Ingredients0.4%No flag
Show original label text

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 (to preserve freshness), thiamin mononitrate*, riboflavin*, beta carotene (color), folic acid*. *One of the B vitamins. CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 21 Apr 2026

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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