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Snacks · 0020439044567

Candy coated chocolate sea shells

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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

  • Milk chocolate56.3%No flag
  • Sugar29.2%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter13.5%No flag›
  • Milk6.8%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste3.4%No flag
  • Soya lecithin1.7%No flag›
  • An emulsifier1.7%No flag
  • Vanilla1.7%No flag›
  • Sugar21.9%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin10.9%No flag›
  • Titanium dioxide · E1715.5%High

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

  • Colour2.7%No flag
  • Includes fd&c blue no1.4%No flag
  • Blue no0.3%No flag
  • Red no<0.1%No flag
  • 40<0.1%No flag
  • Yellow no<0.1%No flag
  • Yellow noNo flag
  • Natural colours1.4%No flag
  • Includes beet juice0.7%No flag
  • Caramel · E1500.7%No flag
  • Confectioner glaze0.7%No flag
  • Carnauba wax · E9030.7%No flag
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Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, cocoa mass, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), vanilla), sugar, maltodextrin, titanium dioxide, artificial colors (includes fd&c blue no. 1, blue no. 2, red no. 40, yellow no. 5, yellow no. 6), natural colors (includes beet juice, caramel), confectioner glaze, carnauba wax.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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

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