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Queso Tipo Americano
Vaca BlancQueso Amarillo · 7502261271548

Queso Tipo Americano

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Monosodium glutamate (MSG)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 15 May 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    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

  • Queso cheddar50%No flag
  • Cow S milk25%No flag
  • Iodised salt12.5%No flag
  • Lactic ferments12.5%No flag
  • Cow S milk25%No flag
  • Skimmed milk powder12.5%No flag
  • Sodium citrate6.3%No flag›
  • Hexametafosfato de sodio3.1%No flag
  • Iodised salt1.6%No flag
  • Ácido citrico · E3300.8%No flag
  • Colorante amarillo naranja0.4%No flag
  • Amarillo No.5 y Amarillo No.60.4%No flag
  • Sorbato de potasio · E2020.2%No flag
  • Como conservador0.2%No flag
  • Glutamato monosódico · E621<0.1%Moderate

    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

  • Contenido minimo de grasa butirica<0.1%No flag
  • ProteinNo flag
  • Maximo de humedadNo flag
Show original label text

Queso cheddar (leche entera pasteurizada de vaca, sal yodada y cultivos lácticos), crema de leche de vaca, leche descremada en polvo, citrato de sodio, hexametafosfato de sodio, sal yodada, ácido citrico, colorante amarillo naranja (Amarillo No.5 y Amarillo No.6), sorbato de potasio (como conservador), glutamato monosódico. Contiene leche. CONTENIDO MINIMO DE GRASA BUTIRICA 26,0%, MINIMO DE PROTEINA 14,0% Y MAXIMO DE HUMEDAD 48,5%.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 15 May 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low

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