Black icing writer by Wilton · Greenveil
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Wilton W Wilton
Verdict Consider avoidingBlack icing writer
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 Tartrazine Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals. 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
Tartrazine — Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals. 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% — › Invert sugar 2.941176470588232% — › Titanium dioxide 1.470588235294116% ⚠ high Color 1.470588235294116% — Soy lecithin 0.735294117647058% — › Fd&c red #40 0.367647058823529% ⚠ high Agar gum 0.18382352941176805% — › Potassium sorbate 0.09191176470588402% — Preservative 0.09191176470588402% — Sodium benzoate 0.04595588235294201% ⚠ moderate Preservative 0.04595588235294201% — Fd&c blue #1 0.022977941176471006% ⚠ moderate Citric acid 0.01148897058823195% — Fd&c yellow #5 0.005744485294115975% ⚠ high Natural and artificial flavor 0.0028722426470579876% — Acetylated monoglycerides 0.0014361213235289938% — › Locust bean gum 0.0014361213235360992% — Show original Sugar, water, corn syrup, palm oil, invert sugar, titanium dioxide (color), soy lecithin, fd&c red #40, agar gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), fd&c blue #1, citric acid, fd&c yellow #5, natural and artificial flavor, acetylated monoglycerides, locust bean gum.
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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.
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