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Double chocolate muffin & quick bread mix
Aldi4099100027358

Double chocolate muffin & quick bread mix

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 16 Jan 2022

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Flour53.8%No flag›
  • Wheat flour27.5%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour13.2%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3756.6%No flag
  • Iron3.3%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.6%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
  • Folic acid0.8%No flag›
  • Sugar20.3%No flag›
  • Chocolate chunk12.9%No flag
  • Sugar6.5%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste3.2%No flag
  • Cocoa butter1.6%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.8%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.4%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring0.4%No flag
  • Vegetable fat6.5%No flag
  • Propylene glycol monoesters3.2%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4711.6%No flag
  • Soya lecithin1.6%No flag›
  • Cocoa3.2%No flag›
  • Processed with alkali3.2%No flag
  • Dextrose1.6%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each of the following0.8%No flag
  • Raising agent0.4%No flag
  • E500ii0.4%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.4%No flag
  • Modified corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466<0.1%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
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enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), vegetable shortening ([contains one or more of the following: hydrogenated cottonseed oil, soybean oil], propylene glycol monoesters, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin), cocoa (processed with alkali), dextrose, contains 2% or less of each of the following: leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, salt, artificial flavor, cellulose gum, xanthan gum

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 16 Jan 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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

What drives this

3 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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