Cheesy Bean Slice
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
2
0 we grade moderate or higher
1 of them not yet assessed here
Saturates per 100g
6.40g
High
UK FSA front of pack threshold
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (2)
This label lists 1 emulsifier and 1 thickener or gelling agent.
E471
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
What it is. Fat derived emulsifiers, closely related to ordinary dietary fats.
Why it is used. One of the most used additives in food: bread, margarine, ice cream, cakes and sauces.
What the evidence says. The body handles these much as it handles other fats, and EFSA's re-evaluation raised no safety concern at the levels used. They sit in the same broad emulsifier and gut microbiome research question as the others, which remains unsettled.
Permitted without a numerical limit. The fat source is not always stated, which matters for some diets rather than for safety.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E471
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose thickener
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
Fortified Wheat Flour (_Wheat_ Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce 25% (Pea Beans, Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, _Barley_ Malt Vinegar, Beans Seasoning (Salt, Onion Powder, Paprika, Flavouring, Natural Clove Flavouring)), Margarine (Palm Fat, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Water, Mature Cheddar Cheese 12% (_Milk_), Modified Maize Starch, Tomato Paste, Pasteurised Whole _Egg_, Cheese Stock Paste (Cheese Powder (_Milk_), Dried Glucose Syrup, Water, Yeast Extract, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavouring), Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose, Salt, Black Pepper
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.