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Beech-Nut05240520

Multigrain Baby Cereal

Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Calcium phosphates).

Food health
Moderate
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

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

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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 wheat flour52.4%No flag
  • Oat flour23.8%No flag›
  • Rice flour11.9%No flag›
  • Sunflower lecithin6%No flag›
  • Vitamins3%No flag›
  • Minerals1.5%No flag
  • Contains less than 2% of1.5%No flag
  • E341iii0.7%No flag
  • Electrolytic iron0.4%No flag›
  • E341ii0.2%No flag
  • Zinc sulfate<0.1%No flag›
  • D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate<0.1%No flag›
  • Vitamin e<0.1%No flag›
  • Mixed tocopherols · E306<0.1%No flag
  • Niacinamide · E375<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium d-pantothenateNo flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrateNo flag›
  • ThiaminNo flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • Vitamin b2 · E101No flag
  • Pyridoxine hydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Vitamin b6No flag›
  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • Vitamin b12No flag›
  • Folic acidNo flag›
  • CholecalciferolNo flag›
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Whole wheat flour, oat flour (contains wheat), rice flour, sunflower lecithin. vitamins and minerals: contains less than 2% of: tricalcium phosphate, electrolytic iron, dicalcium phosphate, zinc sulfate, d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), mixed tocopherols, niacinamide, calcium d-pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), vitamin b12, folic acid, vitamin d3.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

5 moderate · 1 minor · 2 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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