Junior Horlicks Chocolate flavour by Horlicks · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingJunior Horlicks Chocolate flavour
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
Critical
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "critical" 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 (16)
- Maltodextrin50%—›
- Milk Solids25%—›
- Wheat Flour12.5%—›
- Atta12.5%—
- Malted Barley6.25%—›
- Extracted Solids6.25%—
- Sugar3.125%—›
- Cocoa Powder1.5625%—›
- Minerals0.78125%—
- Natural Colour—
- Nature Identical Flavouring Substances—
- Vitamins—›
- Docosahexaenoic Acid—›
- DHA—›
- Powder from Schizochytrium sp—
- Edible lodized Salt—
- Acidity Regulator—
- E501ii0.78125%—
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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Maltodextrin, Milk Solids (25%), Wheat Flour (Atta), Malted Barley (Extracted Solids) (13%), Sugar,Cocoa Powder, Minerals, Natural Colour [INS 150c],Nature Identical Flavouring Substances, Vitamins, Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) powder from Schizochytrium sp. (0.26%), Edible lodized Salt, Acidity Regulator (INS 501(ii)].
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.