Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Cinnamon king cake
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- 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.
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.
Sodium phosphatesMinor 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.
Ingredients
- Ascorbic acid added as dough conditioner6.1%No flag
- Niacin · E3753%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.3%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative0.3%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring0.3%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.3%No flag
- E160ai0.3%No flag
- Colour0.3%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of the following0.8%No flag
- Vital wheat gluten<0.1%No flag
- Calcium carbonate · E170i<0.1%No flag
- Calcium sulfate · E516No flag
- Agar-agar · E406No flag
- Monosodium phosphate · E339iNo flag
- Carob bean gum · E410No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- Skimmed milkNo flag
- Calcium sulfate · E516No flag
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
- Ammonium sulfate · E517No flag
- Natural and artificial colors propylene glycolNo flag
- Tocopherols · E306No flag
- Sodium phosphates (E339)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Show original label text
Sugar, bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, ascorbic acid added as dough conditioner, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), margarine (palm oil, water, salt, monoglycerides, whey, sodium benzoate [preservative], natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, beta-carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), water, palm oil, ground cinnamon, contains 2% or less of the following: yeast, eggs, soybean oil, whey, vital wheat gluten, maltodextrin, calcium carbonate, sugar, calcium sulfate, dextrose, agar-agar, monosodium phosphate, carob bean gum, corn starch, salt, mono - & diglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, nonfat milk, soy flour defatted, calcium sulfate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, vanilla extract, ammonium sulfate, natural and artificial colors propylene glycol, tocopherols, enzymes.
Alerts
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium phosphatesInorganic 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
- SugarLow concern
- WaterLow concern
- MaltodextrinLow concern
10 of 16 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
Trust & sources
Where this product data comes from
How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.
Trust & sources
Where this product data comes from
How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.
Image cache
No product image yet
Pending enrichment
Ingredient content
Normalized label parsed
33 items
Your context
Recent scans
See allProducts you open appear here on this device.