The campaign petition stated: "Most people don’t know that some of Kraft’s cheese products may contain toxic chemicals called phthalates. Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging also set up a campaign against one of the largest cheese brands, Kraft, in the United States, and called it "Kleanup Kraft."
The highest levels of the concentration of the chemical were found in boxed mac and cheese.
Read: Too Much Cheese? US Sees Largest Stockpile Of Dairy Products In 30 Years Amid Russian Sanctions, Low Milk Prices Phthalates - a group of chemicals used to make plastics - have been linked to genital birth defects in infants and behavior-related problems in older children. The research released Thursday by the Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging - a group consisting of scientists, parents, consumers, doctors and health and safety advocates - discovered the toxic chemicals, phthalates, in 29 out of 30 cheese products that they conducted the tests on.
in powdered cheese, packed macaroni and other cheese products consumed by kids. But a recent study has found harmful chemicals - banned earlier from babies’ teething toys in the U.S. Boxed mac and cheese relished by children at the dinner table without a fuss often are considered a savior by parents.