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Target Stores·0085239441336

Mini cupcakes

Mini cupcakes by Target Stores (Snacks). Greenveil's read: consider avoiding (food-health band "critical"). 8 additives of concern.

VerdictConsider avoiding

Food health

Critical
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  • Cake51.2%—
  • Sugar51.2%—
  • Wheat flour24.4%—›
  • Wheat flour12.2%—›
  • E3756.1%—
  • Reduced iron3%—
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.5%—
  • E1010.8%—
  • Folic acid0.8%—
  • Egg12.2%—›
  • Vegetable oil6.1%—›
  • Canola3%—
  • Soya bean3%—
  • Water3%—›
  • Cocoa powder1.5%—›
  • Modified corn starch0.8%—›
  • Whey0.4%—›
  • Raising agent0.2%—
  • E450i<0.1%—
  • E500ii<0.1%—
  • Corn starch<0.1%—›
  • E341i<0.1%—
  • E516<0.1%—
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%—›
  • Wheat gluten<0.1%—›
  • Salt<0.1%—›
  • Diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides<0.1%—
  • Artificial flavouring—
  • Icing—
  • Icing sugar—
  • Non-hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening—
  • Canola—
  • Palm—
  • Modified palm—
  • Palm kernel oils—›
  • Glucose—›
  • Water—›
  • Cocoa powder processed with alkali—
  • Skimmed milk powder—
  • Butter—›
  • Cream—
  • Salt—›
  • Artificial flavouring—
  • Salt—›
  • E435—
  • Sprinkles—
  • Sugar—
  • Rice flour—›
  • Modified corn starch—›
  • Corn starch—›
  • Palm kernel oil—›
  • Palm oils—›
  • Contains 2% and less of—
  • Confectioner's glaze—
  • E414—
  • Soya lecithin—›
  • E466⚠ Low
  • E407⚠ Low
  • E171⚠ High
  • Colour—
  • E129⚠ High
  • E110⚠ High
  • E127⚠ Moderate
  • Artificial flavouring—
  • E435—
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)⚠ Low
  • Diphosphates (E450)⚠ Low
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Cake: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), egg, vegetable oil (canola and soybean), water, cocoa powder, modified cornstarch, whey, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), soy lecithin, wheat gluten, salt, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor. icing: icing sugar, non-hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening (canola, palm, modified palm and palm kernel oils), glucose, water, cocoa powder processed with alkali, skim milk powder, butter (cream, salt), artificial flavor, salt, polysorbate 60. sprinkles: sugar, rice flour, modified corn starch, corn starch, palm kernel and/or palm oils, contains 2% or less of: confectioner's glaze, gum arabic, soy lecithin, cellulose gum, carrageenan, titanium dioxide (color), red 40, yellow 6, red 3, artificial flavor, polysorbate 60.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

⚠Contains additive of concern
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

  • Wheat
  • Egg
  • Propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate
  • Castor oil, polymd., oxidized
  • Vegetable oils
  • Linseed oil, polymd., oxidized
  • Grease
  • Fats and Glyceridic oils, vegetable, polymd., oxidized
  • Soybean oil
  • Castor oil, oxidized
  • Soap
  • Aqua
  • Cocoa
  • Hetastarch
  • Whey, protein-free
  • Whey
  • Soybean lecithin
  • Lecithins, polymers with glycerol, oiticica oil, phthalic anhydride and soybean oil
  • Gluten
  • Salt
  • D-Glucose
  • Glucose
  • Butter
  • Brown rice
  • Starch 1551
  • Starch, oxidized
  • Amylodextrin
  • Corn starch
  • Palm kernel oil
  • Palm oil

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