Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Blackout cake
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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.
DiphosphatesMinor 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.
Ingredients
- Icing sugar17.6%No flag
- Natural pudding cake base1.9%No flag
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450i<0.1%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Semi sweet chocolate<0.1%No flag
- Unsweetend chocolate<0.1%No flag
- EmulsifierNo flag
- Natural vanilla extractNo flag
- Semi sweet chocolate<0.1%No flag
- Unsweetend chocolate<0.1%No flag
- EmulsifierNo flag
- Natural vanilla extractNo flag
- Custard<0.1%No flag
- Skimmed milk powderNo flag
- Sorbitan monostearate · E491No flag
- Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides with citric acidNo flag
- To help protect flavorNo flag
- EmulsifierNo flag
- Artificial flavouringNo flag
- Semi sweet chocolateNo flag
- Cocoa pasteNo flag
- EmulsifierNo flag
- Caramel color · E150aNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Natural flavouringNo flag
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Diphosphates (E450)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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Water, powdered sugar, sugar, eggs, soybean oil, natural pudding cake base (sugar, modified corn starch, whey [milk], wheat gluten, salt, sodium acid pyrophosphate, soybean oil, mono - and diglycerides, sodium bicarbonate, natural flavor [contains wheat], soy lecithin), wheat flour, palm oil, butter, cocoa [processed with alkali], semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetend chocolate [processed with alkali], cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural vanilla extract), semisweet chocolate (unsweetend chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural vanilla extract), custard (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], non - fat dry milk, sorbitan monostearate, lactic acid esters of mono - and diglycerides with citric acid [to help protect flavor], soy lecithin [emulsifier], artificial flavor), corn syrup, whole milk powder, semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], and vanilla), caramel color, baking soda, natural flavor.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- DiphosphatesInorganic 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
- WaterModerate concern
- SugarLow concern
- Corn SyrupLow concern
7 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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