Walden farms Chocolate Dip by Walden Farms · Greenveil
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Verdict Consider avoidingWalden farms Chocolate Dip
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health High ⚠ Contains additive of concern Ammonia caramel Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen. Sodium benzoate Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. Sucralose Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate. Why this band? How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
Open Close Food health High
1 nutrition base band "minor" from nutri-score 2 MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate" 3 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 4 final band "high" (health-blend-v1) Flagged additives
Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen. Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. Sucralose — Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate. Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16) Ingredients 53.333333333333336% — Purified water 53.333333333333336% — Vegetable fiber 23.333333333333332% — Cocoa powder 11.666666666666664% — › Caramel color 5.833333333333329% — Xanthan gum 2.9166666666666643% — Sucralose 1.4583333333333286% ⚠ moderate Salt 0.14625% — › Cellulose gel 0.14625% — › Chocolate flavor 0.14625% — Sodium acid sulfate 0.14625% — › Vanilla flavor 0.14625% — Coffee flavor 0.14625% — Potassium sorbate 0.14625% — Sodium benzoate 0.14625% ⚠ moderate To preserve freshness 0.14625% — Cream flavor 0.2883333333333695% — Non dairy 0.2883333333333695% — Ammonia caramel (E150C) ⚠ moderate Show original Ingredients*: purified water, vegetable fiber, defatted cocoa powder, caramel color, xanthan gum, sucralose, salt, cellulose gel, chocolate flavor, sodium acid sulfate, vanilla flavor, coffee flavor, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness), cream flavor (non dairy).
Decision read
Probably skip for everyday use This read is based on the product's overall high 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.
