Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Apple caramel cupcakes
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 5 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
5 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sunset yellow FCFHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- 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.
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.
CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- 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.
DiphosphatesMinor 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
- Icing sugar52.3%No flag
- Vegetable oil shortening23.9%No flag
- Fractionated palm oil3%No flag
- Fractionated palm kernel oil1.5%No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E4350.7%No flag
- Apple ribbon filling11.9%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- PreservativeNo flag
- Locust bean gum · E410No flag
- Carrageenan · E407Low
Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- ColourNo flag
- Caramel · E150No flag
- Fd&c yellow #6 · E110High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Fortified wheat flour3%No flag
- Niacin · E3750.7%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
- Caramel filling<0.1%No flag
- Sweetened condensed milkNo flag
- Skimmed milk powderNo flag
- Fractionated palm oilNo flag
- Fractionated palm kernel oilNo flag
- Modified tapioca starchNo flag
- Pectin · E440aNo flag
- Carrageenan · E407Low
Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- Xanthan gum · E415No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- E450iiiNo flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Apple filling<0.1%No flag
- Malic acid · E296No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- PreservativeNo flag
- Natural flavouringNo flag
- Locust bean gum · E410No flag
- Xanthan gum · E415No flag
- Carrageenan · E407Low
Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- Skimmed milk powder<0.1%No flag
- Leavening blendNo flag
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450iNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
- Calcium sulfate · E516No flag
- Fractionated palm oilNo flag
- Natural flavouringNo flag
- Annatto · E160bNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Emulsifier blendNo flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- Caramel · E150No 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.
- Diphosphates (E450)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
Icing sugar (sugar, cornstarch), vegetable oil shortening (canola oil, palm oil, fractionated palm oil, fractionated palm kernel oil, monoglycerides, polysorbate 60), apple ribbon filling (water, sugar, apples, corn syrup, modified cornstarch, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, salt, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate [preservative], sodium benzoate [preservative], sodium citrate, locust bean gum, carrageenan, color [caramel, fd&c yellow #6]), sugar, bleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean and/or canola oil, water, eggs, caramel filling (corn syrup, sugar/high fructose corn syrup, water, sweetened condensed milk [nonfat dry milk, sugar, lactose], canola oil, fractionated palm oil, fractionated palm kernel oil, whey [milk], modified tapioca starch, salt, pectin, carrageenan, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate [preservative], natural and artificial flavor, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, citric acid), apple filling (apples, sugar, water, corn syrup, modified cornstarch, malic acid, salt, spices, sodium benzoate [preservative], natural flavor, sodium citrate, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, carrageenan), nonfat dry milk, modified cornstarch, leavening blend (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), margarine (soybean oil, fractionated palm oil, water, salt, whey [milk], soybean lecithin, monoglycerides, natural flavor, annatto extract [color], vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3), natural and artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, salt, emulsifier blend (propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, soybean lecithin, citric acid [preservative]), corn syrup, soybean lecithin, color (caramel).
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- 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.
- 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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- SugarLow concern
- Canola OilLow concern
- WaterLow concern
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