Declared allergens
This product declares Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025
Original Enriched Instant Grits
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).
- High
Allergens
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- 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
- Specially processed degerminated white corn grits54.2%No flag
- Calcium carbonate · E170i11.5%No flag
- BHA · E3201.4%Moderate
Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
- Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
- Preservative0.7%No flag
- Niacin · E3750.4%No flag
- Thiamine mononitarte0.2%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
- One of the b vitamins<0.1%No flag
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SPECIALLY PROCESSED DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN GRITS, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, BHA AND CITRIC ACID (AS PRESERVATIVES), NIACIN*, THIAMINE MONONITARTE*, RIBOFLAVIN*, FOLIC ACID*. *ONE OF THE B VITAMINS.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- SaltLow concern
- Ferric OrthophosphateLow concern
- Folic AcidLow concern
1 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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