Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 Feb 2023
Pimento Spread
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 Feb 2023
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
Sunset yellow FCFHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- 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.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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
- Imitation salad cheese50%No flag
- Caseinate0.8%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.2%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
- Sorbic acid · E200<0.1%No flag
- As a preservative<0.1%No flag
- Colour<0.1%No flag
- Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
- Salad dressing25%No flag
- Less than 1<0.1%No flag
- 10 of 1% sodium benzoate<0.1%No flag
- Less than 1<0.1%No flag
- 10 of 1% potassium sorbate<0.1%No flag
- Pimiento12.5%No flag
- Sweet bell peppers3.1%No flag
- Bell peppers1.6%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.8%No flag
- Cheese sauce1.6%No flag
- Cheddar cheese0.2%No flag
- Pasteurised milk<0.1%No flag
- Lactic ferments<0.1%No flag
- Less than 2% buttermilk solids<0.1%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339<0.1%No flag
- Lactic acid · E270No flag
- Yellow 5 · E102High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Yellow 6 · E110High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Cheese flavouring0.4%No flag
- Dehydrated blend of cheese0.2%No flag
- Granular and blue<0.1%No flag
- Lactic ferments<0.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Lactic acid · E270No flag
- Yellow 5 · E102High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Yellow 6 · E110High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
- As a preservative0.2%No flag
- Sodium benzoate (E211)Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
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Imitation salad cheese (water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, starch, whey, casein and/or caseinate, salt, natural flavor, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid [as a preservative], artificial color, lactic acid), salad dressing (soybean oil, water, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, egg yolks, salt, less than 1/10 of 1% sodium benzoate, less than 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate), pimentos, water, sweet bell peppers (bell peppers, water, citric acid), cheese sauce (whey, food starch-modified, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, whey protein concentrate, less than 2% buttermilk solids, sodium phosphate, cream, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6), whey, cheese flavor (dehydrated blend of cheese (granular and blue [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, citric acid, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6), potassium sorbate (as a preservative).
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- WaterLow concern
1 of 2 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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