Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Thick & creamy macaroni & cheese dinner, thick & creamy
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium phosphates).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- 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.
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- 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
- Enriched macaroni product75%No flag
- Niacin · E3758.5%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1011.1%No flag
- Cheese sauce25%No flag
- Cheddar cheese6.3%No flag
- Lactic ferments1.6%No flag
- Skimmed milk1.6%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of each of the following0.2%No flag
- Annatto · E160b<0.1%No flag
- E160ai<0.1%No flag
- Turmeric oleoresin added for color<0.1%No flag
- E339ii<0.1%No flag
- Cellulose gum · E466Low
Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- Xanthan gum · E415No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Lactic acid · E270No flag
- Sodium phosphates (E339)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Show original label text
Enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheese sauce (whey, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey protein concentrate, nonfat milk, modified corn starch, salt. contains 2% or less of each of the following: with beet juice, annatto extract, beta carotene and turmeric oleoresin added for color, disodium phosphate, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, citric acid, lactic acid).
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
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