Banza Plant-Based Chickpea Mac & Cheese Vegan Cheddar

Name: Banza Plant-Based Chickpea Mac & Cheese Vegan Cheddar
Brand: Banza

Dairy-free boxed macaroni made from chickpea pasta with a vegan cheddar sauce.

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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	HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Other Ingredients: Chickpea Pasta: Chickpeas, pea starch, tapioca, xanthan gum. Vegan Cheese: Sweet potato, coconut oil powder (coconut oil, high oleic sunflower oil, gum acacia), nutritional yeast, sea salt, pumpkin, tapioca, annatto extract, turmeric extract, paprika extract (color), lactic acid, citric acid, paprika, xanthan gum, organic natural flavor, onion, garlic.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2756179). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Banza Plant-Based Chickpea Mac & Cheese Vegan Cheddar

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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