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Bay Valley Foods Llc0070893031054

Village Farm, Instant Oatmeal, S'Mores

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Mar 2017

Why it's rated this way

3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. Sunset yellow FCFHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  3. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Whole grain oat flakes62.5%No flag
  • Sugar16.7%No flag›
  • Graham flavored pieces10.4%No flag
  • Sugar5.2%No flag›
  • Corn syrup2.6%No flag›
  • Corn cereal1.3%No flag›
  • Modified food starch0.7%No flag›
  • Cottonseed0.3%No flag›
  • Soya oil0.2%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a<0.1%No flag
  • Yellow 5 · E102<0.1%High

    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.

  • Yellow 6 · E110<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Chocolate flavored piec10.4%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Whole grain rolled oats, sugar, graham flavored pieces (sugar, corn syrup, corn cereal, modified food starch, partially hydrogenated cottonseed and/or soybean oil, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, yellow 5, yellow 6), chocolate flavored piec

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Mar 2017

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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