Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy, Tree nuts.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
8" carrot cake, carrot
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
- Tree nuts
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Ingredients
- Fortified wheat flour6%No flag
- Niacin · E3751.5%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
- Pasteurized milk and cream0.8%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of the following<0.1%No flag
- Raising agent<0.1%No flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Sodium aluminum sulfate · E521No flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
- Artificial flavouringNo flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Skimmed milkNo flag
- Lactic fermentsNo flag
- Carob bean gum · E410No flag
- E160aiNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Guar gum · E412No flag
- Calcium phosphates (E341)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Show original label text
Sugar, soybean oil, carrots, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, pineapples, pasteurized milk and cream, palm oil, water, contains 2% or less of the following: pecans, corn starch, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), pineapple juice, cinnamon, artificial flavor, mono and diglycerides, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, cheese culture, carob bean gum, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate, preservative (sodium benzoate), guar gum.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Retinyl PalmitateHigh concern
- SugarLow concern
- WaterLow concern
8 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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