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Bio Cheese

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Barcode: 9348204000138 (EAN / EAN-13)

Brands: Bio Cheese

Categories: Dairies, Fermented foods, Fermented milk products, Cheeses, Vegan

Labels, certifications, awards: Vegetarian, Vegan, Halal

Stores: Woolworths, Coles

Countries where sold: Australia

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Ingredients

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    18 ingredients

    water, coconut oil (24%) (non-hydrogenared), modified starch (e)404, e1450), starch, sea salt, anti-caking agent (tapioca starch), vegan mozzarella flavours, olive extract, colour: b-carotene. keep refrigerated between 2-4°c once opened please consume within 7 days packed in australia mm from imported ingredients my co ply ltd. 40 errol street, prahran vic 3181 australia 1300 006 926 halal bk

Food processing

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    Ultra processed foods

    Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

    • Additive: E1450 - Starch sodium octenyl succinate
    • Additive: E14XX - Modified Starch
    • Additive: E160a - Carotene
    • Additive: E404 - Calcium alginate
    • Ingredient: Colour

    Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

    1. Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
    2. Processed culinary ingredients
    3. Processed foods
    4. Ultra processed foods

    The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.

    → Learn more about the NOVA classification

Additives

  • E160a - Carotene

    Carotene: The term carotene -also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot"- is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals -with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi-. Carotenes are photosynthetic pigments important for photosynthesis. Carotenes contain no oxygen atoms. They absorb ultraviolet, violet, and blue light and scatter orange or red light, and -in low concentrations- yellow light. Carotenes are responsible for the orange colour of the carrot, for which this class of chemicals is named, and for the colours of many other fruits, vegetables and fungi -for example, sweet potatoes, chanterelle and orange cantaloupe melon-. Carotenes are also responsible for the orange -but not all of the yellow- colours in dry foliage. They also -in lower concentrations- impart the yellow coloration to milk-fat and butter. Omnivorous animal species which are relatively poor converters of coloured dietary carotenoids to colourless retinoids have yellowed-coloured body fat, as a result of the carotenoid retention from the vegetable portion of their diet. The typical yellow-coloured fat of humans and chickens is a result of fat storage of carotenes from their diets. Carotenes contribute to photosynthesis by transmitting the light energy they absorb to chlorophyll. They also protect plant tissues by helping to absorb the energy from singlet oxygen, an excited form of the oxygen molecule O2 which is formed during photosynthesis. β-Carotene is composed of two retinyl groups, and is broken down in the mucosa of the human small intestine by β-carotene 15‚15'-monooxygenase to retinal, a form of vitamin A. β-Carotene can be stored in the liver and body fat and converted to retinal as needed, thus making it a form of vitamin A for humans and some other mammals. The carotenes α-carotene and γ-carotene, due to their single retinyl group -β-ionone ring-, also have some vitamin A activity -though less than β-carotene-, as does the xanthophyll carotenoid β-cryptoxanthin. All other carotenoids, including lycopene, have no beta-ring and thus no vitamin A activity -although they may have antioxidant activity and thus biological activity in other ways-. Animal species differ greatly in their ability to convert retinyl -beta-ionone- containing carotenoids to retinals. Carnivores in general are poor converters of dietary ionone-containing carotenoids. Pure carnivores such as ferrets lack β-carotene 15‚15'-monooxygenase and cannot convert any carotenoids to retinals at all -resulting in carotenes not being a form of vitamin A for this species-; while cats can convert a trace of β-carotene to retinol, although the amount is totally insufficient for meeting their daily retinol needs.
    Source: Wikipedia

  • E404 - Calcium alginate

    Calcium alginate: Calcium alginate is a water-insoluble, gelatinous, cream-coloured substance that can be created through the addition of aqueous calcium chloride to aqueous sodium alginate. Calcium alginate is also used for entrapment of enzymes and forming artificial seeds in plant tissue culture. "Alginate" is usually the salts of alginic acid, but it can also refer to derivatives of alginic acid and alginic acid itself; in some publications the term "algin" is used instead of alginate. Alginate is present in the cell walls of brown algae, as the calcium, magnesium and sodium salts of alginic acid.
    Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

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    Palm oil content unknown

    Unrecognized ingredients: Non-hydrogenared, E, 404, Mozzarella-flavours, B-carotene, Keep-refrigerated-between-2-4-c-once-opened-please-consume-within-7-days-packed-in-australia-mm-from-imported-ingredients-my-co-ply-ltd, 40-errol-street, Prahran-vic-3181-australia-1300-006-926-halal-bk

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    Vegan

    No non-vegan ingredients

    Unrecognized ingredients: Non-hydrogenared, E, 404, B-carotene, Keep-refrigerated-between-2-4-c-once-opened-please-consume-within-7-days-packed-in-australia-mm-from-imported-ingredients-my-co-ply-ltd, 40-errol-street, Prahran-vic-3181-australia-1300-006-926-halal-bk

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    Vegetarian

    No non-vegetarian ingredients detected

    Unrecognized ingredients: Non-hydrogenared, E, 404, B-carotene, Keep-refrigerated-between-2-4-c-once-opened-please-consume-within-7-days-packed-in-australia-mm-from-imported-ingredients-my-co-ply-ltd, 40-errol-street, Prahran-vic-3181-australia-1300-006-926-halal-bk

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    water, coconut oil 24% (non-hydrogenared), modified starch (e), 404, e1450, starch, sea salt, anti-caking agent (tapioca starch), mozzarella flavours, olive, colour (b-carotene, keep refrigerated between 2-4°c once opened please consume within 7 days packed in australia mm from imported ingredients my co ply ltd, 40 errol street), prahran vic 3181 australia 1300 006 926 halal bk
    1. water -> en:water - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 24 - percent_max: 76
    2. coconut oil -> en:coconut-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - percent_min: 24 - percent: 24 - percent_max: 24
      1. non-hydrogenared -> en:non-hydrogenared - percent_min: 24 - percent_max: 24
    3. modified starch -> en:modified-starch - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 24
      1. e -> en:e - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 24
    4. 404 -> en:404 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 24
    5. e1450 -> en:e1450 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 17.3333333333333
    6. starch -> en:starch - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 13
    7. sea salt -> en:sea-salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 10.4
    8. anti-caking agent -> en:anti-caking-agent - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 8.66666666666667
      1. tapioca starch -> en:tapioca - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 8.66666666666667
    9. mozzarella flavours -> en:mozzarella-flavours - labels: en:vegan - vegan: en:yes - vegetarian: en:yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 7.42857142857143
    10. olive -> en:olive - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 6.5
    11. colour -> en:colour - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.77777777777778
      1. b-carotene -> en:b-carotene - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.77777777777778
      2. keep refrigerated between 2-4°c once opened please consume within 7 days packed in australia mm from imported ingredients my co ply ltd -> en:keep-refrigerated-between-2-4-c-once-opened-please-consume-within-7-days-packed-in-australia-mm-from-imported-ingredients-my-co-ply-ltd - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 2.88888888888889
      3. 40 errol street -> en:40-errol-street - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.92592592592593
    12. prahran vic 3181 australia 1300 006 926 halal bk -> en:prahran-vic-3181-australia-1300-006-926-halal-bk - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.2

Nutrition

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    Nutrition facts

    Nutrition facts As sold
    for 100 g / 100 ml     		Compared to: Vegan
    Fat ?
    Saturated fat ?
    Carbohydrates ?
    Sugars ?
    Fiber ?
    Proteins ?
    Salt ?
    Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis) 0 %

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