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Chocolate crinkle cookies

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Titanium dioxide).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

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.

  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.
  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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Light brown sugar51.6%No flag›
  • Wheat flour24.2%No flag›
  • Margarine12.1%No flag›
  • Soya oil6.1%No flag›
  • Palm oil3%No flag›
  • Water1.5%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.8%No flag
  • Soya lecithin0.4%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate

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

  • Preservative0.2%No flag
  • Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
  • Artificial butter flavor<0.1%No flag
  • E160ai<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Cocoa powderNo flag›
  • Blended partially with alkaliNo flag
  • EggsNo flag›
  • Apple sauceNo flag
  • May contains the following oilsNo flag
  • Palm kernel oilNo flag›
  • Cottonseed oilNo flag›
  • And coconut oilNo flag›
  • Cocoa pasteNo flag
  • Invert sugarNo flag›
  • Corn syrupNo flag›
  • Vanilla flavouringNo flag
  • Rum flavouringNo flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Pectin · E440aNo flag
  • Baking powderNo flag
  • Citric fiberNo flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Titanium dioxide · E171High

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

  • ColourNo flag
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Light brown sugar, wheat flour, margarine (soybean oil, palm oil, water, mono and diglycerides, soybean lecithin, sodium benzoate (preservative), lactic acid, artificial butter flavor, beta carotene (for color), vitamin a palmitate, cocoa powder (blended partially with alkali), eggs, apple sauce, may contains the following oils: (palm kernel oil, cottonseed oil, or coconut oil), chocolate liquor, invert sugar, corn syrup, vanilla flavor, rum flavor, baking soda, salt, pectin, baking powder, citric fiber, xanthan gum, guar gum, titanium dioxide (colorant).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Egg, 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
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 6 low · 8 not assessed

8 of 15 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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