Is Cheez-It Original safe?
Cheez-It Original is rated AVOID by BannedPantry's banned-ingredient scanner. It contains additives that are banned, restricted, or warning-labeled in the EU, UK, Canada, or Japan but legally sold in the US. See the full ingredient breakdown and safer swaps below.
Full ingredient label
Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), vegetable oil (high oleic soybean, soybean, palm, and/or canola oil with tbhq for freshness), cheese made with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract color). contains 2% or less of salt, paprika, yeast, paprika extract color, soy lecithin.
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