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Apricot juice
BBBPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 3800030760144

Apricot juice

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 9 Mar 2023

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    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. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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. AspartameModerate concernSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
    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.
  4. Acesulfame KMinor concernSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
    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

  • Water66.1%No flag›
  • Apricot puree9%No flag
  • Sugar4.2%No flag›
  • Apple puree3%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3301.5%No flag
  • E3301.5%No flag
  • Stabiliser1.5%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E4151.5%No flag
  • E4151.5%No flag
  • Emulsion apricot1.5%No flag
  • Stabiliser0.8%No flag
  • Gum arabic · E4140.8%No flag
  • E4140.8%No flag
  • Stabilizer glycerol esters of wood raisins0.4%No flag
  • E4450.4%No flag
  • Vegetable oil0.2%No flag›
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • E160ai<0.1%No flag
  • E160a<0.1%No flag
  • Antioxidant<0.1%No flag
  • Alpha tocopherol · E307<0.1%No flag
  • E307<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • E202<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Beta-apo-8-carotenal · E160e<0.1%No flag
  • E160e<0.1%No flag
  • Antioxidant<0.1%No flag
  • Bht · E321<0.1%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • E320<0.1%Moderate

    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

  • Natural flavouring1.5%No flag
  • Antioxidant1.5%No flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E3001.5%No flag
  • E3001.5%No flag
  • Sweetener1.5%No flag
  • Acesulfame k · E9501.5%Low

    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

  • E9501.5%Low

    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

  • Sweetener1.5%No flag
  • Aspartame · E9511.5%Moderate

    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

  • E9511.5%Moderate

    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

Show original label text

water, apricot puree (min, 9%), sugar 52 g/l, apple puree (min, 3%), citric acid (e330), stabilizer xanthan gum (e415), emulsion apricot [stabilizer gum arabic (e414), stabilizer glycerol esters of wood raisins (e445), vegetable oil, colorant beta carotene (e160a), antioxidant alpha tocopherol (e307), preservative potassium sorbate (e202), colorant beta-apo-8-carotenal (e160e), antioxidant bht (e320)], natural flavor, antioxidant ascorbic acid (e300), sweetener acesulfame k (e950) – 140 mg/l, sweetener aspartame (e951) – 140 mg/i,

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
  • AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
  • Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 1 low

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