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SOUR CREAM & CHIVE POTATOES, SOUR CREAM & CHIVE

GREAT VALUE · 0/100 · Not approved

3 not-approved ingredients detected

What we flagged

IngredientVerdictWhy
Enriched Wheat Flour Caution Refined flour stripped of bran/germ and fortified with synthetic vitamins to replace lost nutrients.
Disodium Phosphate Caution Emulsifying salt used in processed cheeses.
Artificial Flavors Not approved Undisclosed synthetic flavoring compounds.
Soybean Oil Not approved Industrial seed oil, high in oxidation-prone linoleic acid; typically hexane-extracted.
Mono- and Diglycerides Caution Often contain trans fats below the 0.5g labeling threshold.
Yellow 5 Lake (Tartrazine Aluminum Lake) Not approved Aluminum-salt form of Yellow 5 commonly found on candy shells, gum coatings, and capsule exteriors. Same EU mandatory warning label as the parent dye, plus added aluminum.

How the score was reached

100 − 50×3 − 10×3 − 5×0 = 0

ReasonPointsDetail
Artificial Flavors -50 Undisclosed synthetic flavoring compounds.
Soybean Oil -50 Industrial seed oil, high in oxidation-prone linoleic acid; typically hexane-extracted.
Yellow 5 Lake (Tartrazine Aluminum Lake) -50 Aluminum-salt form of Yellow 5 commonly found on candy shells, gum coatings, and capsule exteriors. Same EU mandatory warning label as the parent dye, plus added aluminum.
Enriched Wheat Flour -10 Refined flour stripped of bran/germ and fortified with synthetic vitamins to replace lost nutrients.
Disodium Phosphate -10 Emulsifying salt used in processed cheeses.
Mono- and Diglycerides -10 Often contain trans fats below the 0.5g labeling threshold.

Ingredients

potatoesCornstarchSaltcorn syrup solidsWheyfrom milkEnriched Wheat FlourWheat Flourniacinreduced ironthiamine mononitrateriboflavinfolic acidCreamnfat milkculturesOnionDisodium PhosphateArtificial Flavorscultured nfat milkSoybean OilMono- and Diglycerideschivesdisodium inosinate and sodium guanylateGarlicspiceYellow 5 Lake (Tartrazine Aluminum Lake)yellow 6 lakefreshness protected by sodium bisulfite

Diets this fits

Pescatarian

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