Maple and Brown Sugar by Trader Joe's · Greenveil
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Trader Joe's TJ Trader Joe's
Verdict Consider avoidingMaple and Brown Sugar
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 Critical ⚠ Contains additive of concern Ammonia caramel Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen. Why this band? How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
Open Close Overall food-health band Food health Critical
Nutrition
High
Additives Moderate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
1 nutrition base band "high" from nutri-score 2 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 3 final band "critical" (health-blend-v1) Flagged additives
Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen. Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (15) Rolled oats 89.75% — Sugar 5.125% — › Salt 0.3125% — › Calcium carbonate 0.3125% — Natural flavor 0.3125% — Guar gum 0.3125% — Caramel color 0.3125% — Ferric orthophosphate 0.3125% — › Vitamin a palmitate 0.3125% — › Niacinamide 0.3125% — Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.3125% — › Riboflavin 0.3125% — Thiamin mononitrate 0.3125% — › Folic acid 1.6875% — › Ammonia caramel (E150C) ⚠ moderate Show original whole grain rolled oats, sugar, salt, calcium carbonate, natural flavor, guar gum, caramel color, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid
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.
