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Queijo de Vaca e Ovelha Merendeira
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Queijo de Vaca e Ovelha Merendeira

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Potassium nitrate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Potassium nitrateModerate concernReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.
    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

  • Cow S milk69.8%No flag
  • Sheep15.1%No flag
  • País de ordenha7.6%No flag
  • País de transformação7.6%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Cloreto de cálcio · E5090.7%No flag
  • Animal based rennet0.7%No flag
  • Preservative0.7%No flag
  • E2520.7%Moderate

    Reducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

  • Lactic ferments0.7%No flag
  • Na superfície0.7%No flag
  • Preservative0.7%No flag
  • E2350.7%No flag
  • E20210.5%No flag
Show original label text

_LEITE_ de vaca e ovelha pasteurizado (País de ordenha: UE; País de transformação: Portugal), sal, cloreto de cálcio, coalho animal, conservante E252, fermentos lácteos. Na superfície: conservante E235 e E202.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Potassium nitrateReducible to nitrite; nitrosamine precursor in cured meats.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low

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