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Blue Bunny, Wells Enterprises IncDesserts · 0070640010561

Ice cream bar

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Peanut
  • 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. 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.
  2. 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

  • Reduced fat ice cream62.5%No flag
  • Milk32.2%No flag›
  • Cream15.1%No flag›
  • Sugar7.6%No flag›
  • Corn syrup3.8%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk1.9%No flag
  • Whey0.9%No flag›
  • Buttermilk0.5%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of mono- and diglycerides0.2%No flag
  • Carob bean gum · E4100.1%No flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466<0.1%Low

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

  • Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low

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

  • Vanilla extract<0.1%No flag›
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Milk chocolaty coating18.8%No flag
  • Sugar9.4%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat4.7%No flag
  • Palm2.3%No flag
  • Sunflower1.2%No flag›
  • Shea butter0.6%No flag›
  • Safflower0.6%No flag›
  • Whole milk powder2.3%No flag›
  • Chocolate1.2%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter0.6%No flag›
  • Whey powder0.3%No flag
  • Skimmed milk powder0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Pgpr · E476<0.1%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Almonds roasted in vegetable oil9.4%No flag
  • Peanut4.7%No flag›
  • Cottonseed2.3%No flag›
  • Soya bean1.2%No flag›
  • Sunflower seed1.2%No flag›
  • Salt9.4%No flag›
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Reduced fat ice cream (milk, cream, sugar, corn syrup, skim milk, whey, buttermilk, contains 2% or less of mono & diglycerides, carob bean gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, vanilla extract, vitamin a palmitate), milk chocolaty coating [sugar, vegetable fat (palm and/or sunflower and/or shea and/or safflower), whole milk powder, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, whey powder, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, pgpr, artificial flavor], almonds roasted in vegetable oil (peanut, cottonseed, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or sunflower seed), salt.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Peanut, Soy.

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

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.
  • 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

  • SaltModerate concern

1 moderate

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