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Snacks · 0023933672878

Cherry fruit bites

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

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.

  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. 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.
  3. DiphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Flour51.9%No flag›
  • Wheat flour26.2%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour12.8%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3756.4%No flag
  • Reduced iron3.2%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.6%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
  • Folic acid0.8%No flag›
  • Water24.1%No flag›
  • Cherry12%No flag›
  • Margarine6%No flag›
  • Palm oil3%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil1.5%No flag›
  • Soya oil0.8%No flag›
  • Water0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Vegetable mono- and diglycerides<0.1%No flag
  • Polyglycerol esters<0.1%No flag
  • Preservatives 9 sodium benzoate<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin3%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring1.5%No flag
  • E160ai0.8%No flag
  • Colour0.8%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate0.4%No flag›
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Corn syrup<0.1%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of the folowing<0.1%No flag
  • Modified food starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Corn<0.1%No flag›
  • High fructose corn syrup<0.1%No flag›
  • Maltodextrine<0.1%No flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Gellan gum · E418No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
  • Calofum acid pyrophosphateNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Yellow color blendNo flag
  • Wheat starchNo flag›
  • AnnatoNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • TurmericNo flag›
  • ColourNo flag
  • Calofum sulfateNo flag
  • Red 40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Diphosphates (E450)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cherries, margarine (palm oil, palm kernel oil, soybean oil, water, salt, vegetable mono and diglycerides, polyglycerol esters, preservatives 9 sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate), soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate), sugar, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of the folowing: modified food starch (corn), high fructose corn syrup, maltodextrine, salt, gellan gum, natural and artificial flavors, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calofum acid pyrophosphate, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), yellow color blend (wheat starch, annato (color) turmeric (color), calofum sulfate, red 40.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

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

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.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 2 moderate · 4 low · 5 not assessed

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