Goldfish Cheddar

Name: Goldfish Cheddar
Brand: Goldfish

Small fish-shaped baked cheddar crackers sold in the red bag, the standard kids' cheese cracker.

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Flagged ingredients3

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil, Soybean oil, Sunflower 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
Canola oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER)
Soybean oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER)
Sunflower oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER)

Ingredients as listed

MADE WITH SMILES AND ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE ([CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ANNATTO), VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER), SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YEAST, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, SPICES, CELERY, ONION POWDER, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2732705). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Goldfish Cheddar

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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