Walden farms Chocolate Dip by Walden Farms · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Walden Farms WFWalden Farms
VerdictConsider avoidingWalden farms Chocolate Dip
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- SucraloseSweetener; 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.
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Food healthHigh
- 1nutrition base band "minor" from nutri-score
- 2MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final 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)
- Ingredients53.333333333333336%—
- Purified water53.333333333333336%—
- Vegetable fiber23.333333333333332%—
- Cocoa powder11.666666666666664%—›
- Caramel color5.833333333333329%—
- Xanthan gum2.9166666666666643%—
- Sucralose1.4583333333333286%⚠ moderate
- Salt0.14625%—›
- Cellulose gel0.14625%—›
- Chocolate flavor0.14625%—
- Sodium acid sulfate0.14625%—›
- Vanilla flavor0.14625%—
- Coffee flavor0.14625%—
- Potassium sorbate0.14625%—
- Sodium benzoate0.14625%⚠ moderate
- To preserve freshness0.14625%—
- Cream flavor0.2883333333333695%—
- Non dairy0.2883333333333695%—
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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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 pregnancy
Probably skipThis 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. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.