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Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix
Betty Crocker, General MillsCooking Helpers · 0016000305007

Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 May 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Flour52.3%No flag›
  • Wheat flour26.5%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37512.9%No flag
  • Iron6.4%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.2%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Sugar19.7%No flag›
  • Chocolate chunk14%No flag
  • Sugar7%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste3.5%No flag
  • Cocoa butter1.8%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.9%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring0.9%No flag
  • Corn syrup7%No flag›
  • Dextrose3.5%No flag›
  • Palm oil1.8%No flag›
  • Raising agent0.9%No flag
  • E500ii0.4%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.4%No flag
  • Modified corn starch0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Corn starch0.1%No flag›
  • Egg white<0.1%No flag›
  • Propylene glycol monoesters of fatty acids<0.1%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Datem · E472eNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
  • Sodium caseinateNo flag›
  • ColourNo flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Artificial flavouringNo flag
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Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), corn syrup, dextrose, palm oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, salt, corn starch, egg white, propylene glycol monoesters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, datem, soy lecithin, whey, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium caseinate, color added, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 May 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 4 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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