Velveeta Velveeta Shells & Cheese 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.
Pasta: Enriched macaroni product (semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid). Cheese sauce mix: Skim milk, milk, whey, milkfat, sodium phosphate, contains less than 2%: modified food starch, salt, calcium phosphate, lactic acid, sorbic acid (a preservative), sodium alginate, sodium citrate, enzymes, apocarotenal (color), annatto (color), Yellow 5, Yellow 6.
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• Full product detail: barcode 021000021567