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Bickel's Snack Foods Inc.Snacks · 0070040002227

Potato Chips

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Mustard
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Potatoes58.9%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil20.5%No flag›
  • Contains one and more of the following10.3%No flag
  • Canola10.3%No flag›
  • Corn5.1%No flag›
  • Cottonseed2.6%No flag›
  • Safflower1.3%No flag›
  • Soya bean0.6%No flag›
  • Sunflower0.6%No flag›
  • Salt1.1%No flag›
  • Sugar1.1%No flag›
  • Honey1.1%No flag›
  • Refinery syrup0.5%No flag
  • Honey0.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose1.1%No flag›
  • Autolyzed yeast extract1.1%No flag›
  • Tomato1.1%No flag›
  • Dehydrated onion1.1%No flag
  • Spice extractives including paprika1.1%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b1.1%No flag
  • Turmeric1.1%No flag›
  • Garlic1.1%No flag›
  • Horseradish1.1%No flag›
  • Natural hickory smoke flavor1.1%No flag›
  • Bha · E3201.1%Moderate

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

  • Bht · E3215.5%Moderate

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

  • To protect color5.5%No flag
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Potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola, corn, cottonseed, safflower, soybean or sunflower), salt, sugar, honey powder (refinery syrup, honey), dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, dehydrated tomato, dehydrated onion, spice extractives including paprika, annatto and turmeric, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated horseradish, natural hickory smoke flavor, bha and bht (to protect color).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Mustard, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 4 low · 7 not assessed

7 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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