Cauliflower cheese
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
6.60g
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 colour and 1 preservative.
E202
Potassium sorbate
Preservative
What it is. The potassium salt of sorbic acid, which stops mould and yeast growth.
Why it is used. Used in cheese, baked goods, dried fruit, wine and dressings.
What the evidence says. Widely used and long regarded as one of the gentler preservatives. EFSA's 2015 re-evaluation lowered the acceptable daily intake and noted gaps in the genotoxicity data, asking for more work, while finding no evidence of harm at the levels actually used.
Permitted with maximum levels. EFSA has asked for further data rather than restricted it.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E202
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E160B Annatto, bixin, norbixin colour
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
Couliflower Florets (39%), Water, Cathedral City Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (21%), Single Cream (Milk), Toasted Breadcrumbs (3%) (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Yeast), Full Fat Soft Cheese (Soft Cheese (Milk), Sait, Modified Maize Starch, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate), Dried Skimmed Milk, Modified Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Red Leicester Cheese (Cheese (Milk), Colour: Annatto Norbixin), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Dijon Mustard (Water, Brown Mustard Seed, White Vinegar, Salt), Vegetarian Worcester Sauce (Water, White Vinegar, Sugar, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Cloves, Ginger, Garlic, Barley Malt Extract), Garlic Purée, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Flat Leaf Parsley, Salt, Ground White Pepper, Paprika. ALLERGY ADVICE:
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.