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AVOIDBetty Crocker Au Gratin Potatoes is rated AVOID by BannedPantry: its label lists 2 ingredients that are banned or restricted outside the US — Partially Hydrogenated Oil (EU, UK, Canada); Monosodium Glutamate (EU (not permitted in infant/young-child foods)). All of them are still legal to sell in the US.
Banned or restricted in: EU, UK, Canada
Canada prohibits PHOs by listing them on Part 1 of the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances (in force 17 Sept 2018); the EU limits industrial trans fat to 2 g per 100 g of fat under Regulation (EU) 2019/649. US FDA also revoked GRAS status for PHOs (effective June 2018).
Banned or restricted in: EU (not permitted in infant/young-child foods)
Glutamates (E620-625) are not permitted in EU foods for infants and young children except where Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 specifically provides. EFSA's 2017 re-evaluation set a group ADI. Permitted in general foods in the US and EU.
Same category, none of the flagged ingredients.
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Dried potatoes (potatoes, mono and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate), enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), modified cornstarch, salt, dried whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dried chicken broth, dehydrated onions, natural flavor, annatto extract (color), monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.
No — every ingredient in Betty Crocker Au Gratin Potatoes is currently legal to sell in the US. However, Partially Hydrogenated Oil, Monosodium Glutamate are banned or restricted in other regions: Partially Hydrogenated Oil (EU, UK, Canada); Monosodium Glutamate (EU (not permitted in infant/young-child foods)).
Partially Hydrogenated Oil: Canada prohibits PHOs by listing them on Part 1 of the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances (in force 17 Sept 2018); the EU limits industrial trans fat to 2 g per 100 g of fat under Regulation (EU) 2019/649. US FDA also revoked GRAS status for PHOs (effective June 2018). Monosodium Glutamate: Glutamates (E620-625) are not permitted in EU foods for infants and young children except where Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 specifically provides. EFSA's 2017 re-evaluation set a group ADI. Permitted in general foods in the US and EU.
BannedPantry checks each labeled ingredient against food and cosmetic safety standards from the EU, UK, Canada, Japan, and California, with a citation for every flag. AVOID means at least one labeled ingredient is banned or restricted by a major overseas regulator, or is high-severity under our methodology. Ratings are never influenced by brands.
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