Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 3 Aug 2024
Vegemite & Cheese
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).
- High
Allergens
- Dairy
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 3 Aug 2024
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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.
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.
Ingredients
- Vegemite yeast extract30%No flag
- From yeast grown on barley9%No flag
- Mineral salt3.4%No flag
- 5083.4%No flag
- Colour0.8%No flag
- 150C0.8%No flag
- Flavouring0.4%No flag
- Niacin · E3750.2%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
- Cream cheese16%No flag
- Vegetable gum1.9%No flag
- 4100.9%No flag
- Microbial culture0.1%No flag
- Colour<0.1%No flag
- 160a<0.1%No flag
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- 235<0.1%No flag
- Microbial culture0.9%No flag
- Cheese humectant<0.1%No flag
- 422<0.1%No flag
- Colour<0.1%No flag
- 150c<0.1%No flag
- Mineral saltNo flag
- 339No flag
- ThickenerNo flag
- 1442No flag
- Food acdNo flag
- 270No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- 200No flag
- 234No flag
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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.
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VEGEMITE YEAST EXTRACT (30%) (YEAST EXTRACT (FROM YEAST GROWN ON BARLEY AND WHEAT), SALT, MINERAL SALT (508), MALT EXTRACT (FROM BARLEY), COLOUR (150C), FLAVOURS, NIACIN, THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLATE), WATER, CREAM CHEESE (16%) (MILK, CREAM (FROM MILK), MILK SOLIDS, SALT, VEGETABLE GUM (410) (4%) (MILK, SALT, STARTER CULTURE, ENZYMES, COLOUR (160a), PRESERVATIVE (235)), STARTER CULTURE), BUTTER OR CREAM (FROM MILK) OR MILK FAT, MILK SOLIDS, CHEESE HUMECTANT (422), COLOUR (150c), MINERAL SALT (339), THICKENER (1442), SALT, FOOD ACD (270), PRESERVATIVES (200, 234). CONTAINS MILK, BARLEY AND WHEAT.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Sodium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
5 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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