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Seasoned Straight Cut Potatoes
Wegmans0077890337226

Seasoned Straight Cut Potatoes

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  • Potatoes53.3%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil23.3%No flag›
  • Contains one and more of the following11.7%No flag
  • Canola11.7%No flag›
  • Soya bean5.8%No flag›
  • Cottonseed2.9%No flag›
  • Sunflower1.5%No flag›
  • Corn1.5%No flag›
  • Fortified wheat flour11.7%No flag
  • Flour5.8%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3752.9%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.7%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of annatto5.8%No flag
  • Colour5.8%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a2.9%No flag
  • Modified corn starch1.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.7%No flag›
  • Garlic0.4%No flag›
  • Oleoresin paprika0.2%No flag›
  • Colour0.2%No flag
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Paprika<0.1%No flag›
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate added to maintain natural color<0.1%No flag
  • SpiceNo flag›
  • Yellow corn flourNo flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

  • Annatto / bixin / norbixin (E160B)Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

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Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, corn), enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid). contains 2% or less of annatto (color), caramel color, cornstarch-modified, dextrose, garlic powder, oleoresin paprika (color), onion powder, paprika (color), salt, sodium acid pyrophosphate added to maintain natural color, spices, yellow corn flour.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

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.
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 3 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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