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Snacks · 0863631000289

Chocolate chip off the old block

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Monosodium glutamate (MSG)).

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

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

  1. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    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

  • Oats53.1%No flag›
  • Wholemeal oat53.1%No flag
  • Chocolate chunk23.4%No flag
  • Evaporated cane juice11.7%No flag
  • Cocoa paste5.9%No flag
  • Non-dairy cocoa butter5.9%No flag
  • Brown sugar11.7%No flag›
  • Granulated sugar5.9%No flag
  • Cane sugar molasses5.9%No flag
  • White rice flour5.9%No flag
  • Granulated sugar2.9%No flag
  • Fat1.5%No flag
  • Palm oil1.5%No flag›
  • Date0.7%No flag›
  • Natural oil blend0.4%No flag
  • Filtered water0.2%No flag
  • Contains less than 2% of pure salt<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Plant derived from corn<0.1%No flag
  • Sunflower lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
  • Non-dairy<0.1%No flag
  • And naturally extracted annatto for color<0.1%No flag
  • Water0.2%No flag›
  • Corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Tapioca starch<0.1%No flag
  • Vanilla<0.1%No flag›
  • Flaxseed meal<0.1%No flag›
  • Flax seed<0.1%No flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • E500iiNo flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)Moderate

    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

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Gluten free oats (whole grain oats), chocolate chips (evaporated cane juice, chocolate liquor, non-dairy cocoa butter), brown sugar (granulated sugar, refined cane molasses syrup), white rice flour, granulated sugar, organic shortening (mechanically pressed organic palm oil), dates, natural oil blend ([palm fruit, canola, safflower, flax, and olive oils]. filtered water, contains less than 2% of pure salt, natural flavor [plant derived from corn, no msg, no alcohol, no gluten], sunflower lecithin, lactic acid [non-dairy], and naturally extracted annatto for color), water, cornstarch, tapioca starch, vanilla, flaxseed meal (whole ground flaxseed), salt, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), xanthan gum.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 3 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 8 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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