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Snacks · 0070784507231

Candy

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. Titanium dioxideHigh concernPossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    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

  • Corn syrup53.6%No flag›
  • Sugar23.2%No flag›
  • Water11.6%No flag›
  • Gelatin · E4285.8%No flag
  • Modified corn starch2.9%No flag›
  • Corn starch1.5%No flag›
  • Lactic acid · E2700.7%No flag
  • Pectin · E440a0.4%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Beeswax · E901<0.1%No flag
  • Carnauba wax · E903<0.1%No flag
  • Vegetable oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Coconut vegetable oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Palm vegetable oilNo flag›
  • Palm vegetable oilNo flag›
  • Kernel oils<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Red #40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Titanium dioxide · E171High

    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

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Corn syrup, sugar, water, gelatin, modified cornstarch, cornstarch, lactic acid, pectin, natural and artificial flavor, beeswax, carnauba wax, vegetable oil (coconut, palm, palm kernel oils), colors (red #40, titanium dioxide).

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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