Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Pepperoni & Cheddar Cheese
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium nitrite).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium nitriteHigh concernForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- 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.
Ingredients
- Cheddar cheese75%No flag
- Pasteurised milk41.7%No flag
- Lactic ferments16.7%No flag
- Microbial salt enzymes1.5%No flag
- Annatto · E160b1.5%Low
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- Colour1.5%No flag
- Natamycin · E23512.3%No flag
- Mold inhibitor12.3%No flag
- Pepperoni25%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of1.5%No flag
- Flavouring0.9%No flag
- Lactic acid starter culture0.5%No flag
- Oleoresin of paprika · E160c0.2%No flag
- Sodium erythorbate · E316<0.1%No flag
- Sodium nitrite · E250<0.1%High
Forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
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Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, microbial salt enzymes, annatto [for color], natamycin [mold inhibitor]), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of: corn syrup, dextrose, flavorings, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, paprika, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, spices).
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium nitriteForms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cured/processed meat; processed meat classified IARC Group 1.
- Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
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