Four Cheese Instant Mashed Potatoes, Four Cheese
The processing score reflects 33 ingredients, including artificial colors, MSG, corn syrup, plus 2 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sodium.
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Ingredients
5 listed · 2 flagged for reviewDEHYDRATED POTATO FLAKES, SEASONING (WHEY, SALT, CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, CHEDDAR AND PARMESAN CHEESE* [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SOYBEAN OIL TO REDUCE DUSTING, ONION POWDER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE*, LACTIC ACID POWDER [LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE], CREAM, SODIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CITRIC ACID, COLORS ADDED [YELLOW 5 AND YELLOW 6], DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NATURAL FLAVOR), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ACID PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID.
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What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Four Cheese Instant Mashed Potatoes, Four Cheese's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- EmulsifiersUPF marker
In this product: Mono And Diglycerides.
Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Acid Phosphate.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Citric Acid.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
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