Annie's Organic Cheddar Squares

Name: Annie's Organic Cheddar Squares
Brand: Annie's

Organic square baked cheddar crackers, a counterpart to Cheez-It aimed at families.

Label check

Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsSunflower oil
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Sunflower oil	Seed oils	ORGANIC EXPELLER-PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Expeller-Pressed Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Organic Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese cultures, salt, non-animal enzymes), Organic Yeast, Organic Nonfat Dry Milk, Organic Paprika, Organic Onion Powder, Organic Annatto (for color).

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2739082). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More cheese crackers first, then the rest of the crackers, pretzels and popcorn aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Annie's Organic Cheddar Squares

Label check

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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