Red cookie icing by Wilton · Greenveil
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Wilton W Wilton
Verdict Consider avoidingRed cookie icing
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
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Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health Critical ⚠ Contains additive of concern Sunset yellow FCF Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Allura red AC Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Titanium dioxide Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive. Brilliant blue FCF Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals. Sodium benzoate Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. Why this band?
How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health band Food health Critical
1 nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score 2 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 3 final band "critical" (health-blend-v1) Flagged additives
Sunset yellow FCF — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Allura red AC — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Titanium dioxide — Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive. Brilliant blue FCF — Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals. Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (17) Sugar 52.94117647058823% — › Water 23.529411764705884% — › Corn syrup 11.764705882352942% — › Palm oil 5.882352941176471% — › Titanium dioxide 2.941176470588232% ⚠ high Color 2.941176470588232% — Glycerin 1.470588235294116% — Soy lecithin 0.735294117647058% — › Agar gum 0.367647058823529% — › Potassium sorbate 0.18382352941176805% — Preservative 0.18382352941176805% — Sodium benzoate 0.09191176470588402% ⚠ moderate Preservative 0.09191176470588402% — Yellow 6 0.04595588235294201% ⚠ high Red 40 0.022977941176471006% ⚠ high Citric acid 0.01148897058823195% — Acetylated monoglycerides 0.005744485294115975% — › Natural and artificial flavor 0.0028722426470579876% — Locust bean gum 0.0014361213235289938% — Blue 1 0.0014361213235360992% ⚠ moderate Show original Sugar, water, corn syrup, palm oil, titanium dioxide (color), glycerin, soy lecithin, agar gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), yellow 6, red 40, citric acid, acetylated monoglycerides, natural and artificial flavor, locust bean gum, blue 1.
Decision read
Probably skip for everyday use This read is based on the product's overall critical safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
