Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Mustard, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Classic Style Pimento Cheese
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Mustard
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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
- Cheddar cheese66.7%No flag
- Pasteurised milk36.7%No flag
- Microbial culture15%No flag
- Reduced fat dressing16.7%No flag
- Mustard<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- To preserve freshnessNo flag
- Xanthan gum · E415No flag
- Pimiento16.7%No flag
- Pimiento8.3%No flag
- Citric acid · E3304.2%No flag
Show original label text
Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto color), reduced fat dressing (soybean oil, water, high fructose corn syrup, egg yolks, corn syrup, modified corn starch, distilled vinegar, salt, mustard flour, sodium benzoate & potassium sorbate [to preserve freshness], xanthan gum), pimentos (pimentos, water, citric acid)
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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