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Cake BossBaking Decorations · 0029519217648

Cake boss, mega milk chocolate cake mix, chocolate

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Ammonia caramel).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Sugar52.5%No flag›
  • Water23.8%No flag›
  • Palm oil11.9%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil5.9%No flag›
  • Cocoa processed with alkali3%No flag
  • Corn syrup1.5%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated cottonseed oil0.7%No flag›
  • Sweetened condensed whole milk0.4%No flag
  • Pasteurised whole milk0.2%No flag
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Sweet cream0.2%No flag
  • Cream<0.1%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk<0.1%No flag
  • Corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Soya oilNo flag›
  • Sorbic acid · E200No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
  • Calcium sulfate · E516No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Alpha tocopherols as preservativeNo flag
  • Caramel color · E150aNo flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Sugar, water, palm oil, sunflower oil, cocoa processed with alkali, corn syrup, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, sweetened condensed whole milk (pasteurized whole milk, sugar), sweet cream (cream, nonfat milk solids), corn starch, food starch-modified, salt, mono & diglycerides, soybean oil, sorbic acid (as preservatives), polysorbate 60, calcium sulfate, natural and artificial flavor, alpha tocopherols as preservative, caramel color.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

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

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

7 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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