Skip to content
Saving recent analysis
Mac & Cheese
Trader Joe's00613644

Mac & Cheese

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 13 Apr 2026

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

  • Cooked rotini pasta58.3%No flag
  • Yellow corn flour30.8%No flag
  • White rice flour13.8%No flag
  • Lentil flour6.9%No flag
  • Quinoa flour3.4%No flag
  • Water3.4%No flag›
  • Semi skimmed milk20.8%No flag
  • Whole milk10.4%No flag
  • Skimmed milk5.2%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate2.6%No flag›
  • Cholecalciferol2.6%No flag›
  • Bechamel sauce10.4%No flag
  • Semi skimmed milk5.2%No flag
  • Whole milk2.6%No flag
  • Skimmed milk1.3%No flag
  • Milk0.7%No flag›
  • Retinyl palmitate0.3%No flag›
  • Cholecalciferol0.3%No flag›
  • Potato starch2.6%No flag›
  • Butter1.3%No flag›
  • Cream0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Rice flour0.7%No flag›
  • Sea salt0.3%No flag›
  • White pepper0.3%No flag›
  • 4 cheese blend5.2%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese2.6%No flag
  • Milk1.3%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments0.7%No flag
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme0.2%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b0.2%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Colour0.2%No flag
  • Havarti cheese1.3%No flag
  • Milk0.7%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments0.3%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme0.2%No flag
  • Gouda cheese0.7%No flag
  • Milk0.3%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments0.2%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme<0.1%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b<0.1%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Swiss cheese0.7%No flag
  • Milk0.3%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments0.2%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Microbial coagulating enzyme<0.1%No flag
  • Rice starch2.6%No flag›
  • Salt2.6%No flag›
Show original label text

Cooked rotini pasta (yellow corn flour, white rice flour, lentil flour, quinoa flour, water), reduced fat milk (whole milk, nonfat milk, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3), bechamel sauce (reduced fat milk [whole milk, nonfat milk, nonfat milk solids, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3], potato starch, butter [pasteurized cream, salt], rice flour, sea salt, white pepper), 4 cheese blend (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, microbial enzyme, annatto (for color)], havarti cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, microbial enzyme], gouda cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, microbial enzyme, annatto (for color)], swiss cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, microbial enzyme]), rice starch, salt

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 13 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

2 low

Trust & sources

Where this product data comes from

How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

Image cache

Greenveil proxy cache

Asset write on fetch

Ingredient content

Normalized label parsed

6 items

Your context

Through your lens

Everyday use

A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Change lens

Recent scans

See all

Products you open appear here on this device.