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Alfredo Pasta Sauce
Walden FarmsCondiments · 0072457980884

Alfredo Pasta Sauce

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Jul 2025

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. SucraloseModerate concernSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    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

  • Ingredients68.3%No flag
  • Filtered water68.3%No flag
  • Vegetable fiber15.8%No flag
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E4150.4%No flag
  • Cellulose gel0.4%No flag›
  • Romano cheese0.4%No flag
  • Parmesan flavors0.4%No flag
  • Non dairy0.4%No flag
  • Sour cream flavor0.4%No flag
  • Non dairy0.4%No flag
  • Food color0.4%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E2700.4%No flag
  • Butter flavouring0.4%No flag
  • Non dairy0.4%No flag
  • Natural flavouring0.4%No flag
  • Garlic0.4%No flag›
  • Black pepper0.4%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.4%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.4%No flag
  • To preserve freshness0.4%No flag
  • Sucralose · E9550.4%Moderate

    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

  • E160ai9.6%No flag
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Ingredients*: purified water, vegetable fiber, salt, xanthan gum, cellulose gel, romano and parmesan flavors (non dairy), sour cream flavor (non dairy), food color, lactic acid, butter flavor (non dairy), natural flavors, garlic powder, black pepper, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), sucralose, beta carotene

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Jul 2025

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.
  • SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 2 low

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