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Extra Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheddar Cheese
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Extra Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

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

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Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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

  • Cheddar cheese62.5%No flag
  • Milk33.8%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments14.4%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Enzyme0.2%No flag›
  • Annatto · E160b13.9%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Vegetable pigment13.9%No flag
  • Potato starch18.8%No flag›
  • Anti caking agent18.8%No flag
  • E460ii9.4%No flag
  • Anti caking agent9.4%No flag
  • Natamycin · E2359.4%No flag
  • Preservative9.4%No flag
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Cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], potato starch (to prevent caking), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low

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