Maple and Brown Sugar by Trader Joe's · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Trader Joe's TJTrader Joe's
VerdictConsider avoidingMaple and Brown Sugar
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 healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- Ammonia caramelCaramel 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.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthCritical
Nutrition
High
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "high" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final 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 oats89.75%—
- Sugar5.125%—›
- Salt0.3125%—›
- Calcium carbonate0.3125%—
- Natural flavor0.3125%—
- Guar gum0.3125%—
- Caramel color0.3125%—
- Ferric orthophosphate0.3125%—›
- Vitamin a palmitate0.3125%—›
- Niacinamide0.3125%—
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.3125%—›
- Riboflavin0.3125%—
- Thiamin mononitrate0.3125%—›
- Folic acid1.6875%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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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 pregnancy
Probably skipThis 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. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.