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Chocolate Covered Cherries
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Chocolate Covered Cherries

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Carrageenan).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 6 Sep 2024

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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

  • Milk52.5%No flag›
  • Cream23.8%No flag›
  • Sugar11.9%No flag›
  • Cherry5.9%No flag›
  • Water3%No flag›
  • Concentrated lemon juice1.5%No flag
  • Vegetable juice0.7%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring0.4%No flag
  • Corn syrup0.2%No flag›
  • Chocolate<0.1%No flag›
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Coconut oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Cocoa processed with alkali<0.1%No flag
  • ButterfatNo flag›
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Skimmed milkNo flag
  • Vanilla extractNo flag›
  • Locust bean gum · E410No flag
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Carrageenan · E407Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

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milk, cream, sugar, cherries, water, lemon juice concentrate, vegetable juice concentrate, natural flavor, corn syrup, chocolate flavored flakes, sugar, coconut oil, cocoa processed with alkali, butter oil, soy lecithin, nonfat milk, vanilla extract, locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 6 Sep 2024

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 8 not assessed

8 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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