Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy, Tree nuts.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Cake
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
- Tree nuts
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- 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.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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.
Sulphur dioxideModerate concernSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- 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
- Glace pineapple23.5%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring0.4%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Colour<0.1%No flag
- Sulfur dioxide · E220<0.1%Moderate
Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Glace red cherries11.8%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.4%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Red 40 · E129<0.1%High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Sulfur dioxide · E220<0.1%Moderate
Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Niacin · E3750.7%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
- Whole egg1.5%No flag
- Fat<0.1%No flag
- Mono-& diglyceridesNo flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
- Brandy<0.1%No flag
- Bourbon<0.1%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
Show original label text
Raisins, glace pineapple (pineapple, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate [preservatives], oleoresin turmeric [color], sulfur dioxide [preservative]), glace red cherries (cherries, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate [preservatives], red 40, sulfur dioxide [preservative]), flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pecans, whole egg, sugar, walnuts, butter (cream, salt), shortening (palm oil, partially hydrogenated soybean/cottonseed oil, mono-& diglycerides, polysorbate 60), brandy, bourbon, rum, almonds, salt, high fructose corn syrup, natural & artificial flavors
Alerts
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sulphur dioxideSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- SaltModerate concern
- SugarLow concern
- High Fructose Corn SyrupLow concern
7 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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