Declared allergens
This product declares Peanut.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Cap'n crunch, sweetened corn & oat cereal, peanut butter crunch
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).
- Critical
Allergens
- Peanut
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
- 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
- Peanut paste15.1%No flag
- Cottonseed vegetable oil0.9%No flag
- Caramel color · E150a0.5%No flag
- Niacinamide · E3750.2%No flag
- Bht · E321<0.1%Moderate
Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
- A preservative<0.1%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101No flag
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
Show original label text
Corn flour, sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed and rapeseed oil]**, salt), oat flour, rice flour, coconut oil, salt, caramel color, niacinamide*, reduced iron, zinc oxide, bht (a preservative), thiamin mononitrate*, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, folic acid*.
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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.
- Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- SaltModerate concern
- Reduced IronModerate concern
- Thiamin MononitrateModerate concern
2 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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