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Snacks · 0011225130687

Classic rice crispy bites

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • 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. 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.
  2. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Marshmallows60%No flag
  • Corn syrup32%No flag›
  • Sugar14%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch7%No flag›
  • Water3.5%No flag›
  • Gelatin · E4283.5%No flag
  • Rice cereal20%No flag
  • Rice10%No flag›
  • Sugar5%No flag›
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Malt flavouring0.5%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.5%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3750.5%No flag
  • Thiamin hydrochloride0.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin0.5%No flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.5%No flag›
  • Vitamin b60.5%No flag›
  • Calcium pantothenate0.5%No flag›
  • Folic acid0.5%No flag›
  • Bht · E3211.3%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • Preservative1.3%No flag
  • Margarine10%No flag›
  • Palm oil5%No flag›
  • Water2.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.5%No flag
  • Soya lecithin0.5%No flag›
  • An emulsifier0.5%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.5%Moderate

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

  • Preservative0.5%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring0.3%No flag
  • E160ai0.2%No flag
  • Colour0.2%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate0.2%No flag›
  • Artificial vanilla flavor5%No flag
  • Fully inverted syrup5%No flag
Show original label text

Marshmallows (corn syrup, sugar, modified cornstarch, water, gelatin), rice cereal (rice, sugar, salt, malt flavoring, reduced iron, niacinamide, thiamin hydrochloride [vitamin b1], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin b6], calcium pantothenate, folic acid, bht [preservative]), margarine (palm oil, water, salt, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], sodium benzoate [preservative], artificial flavor, beta-carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), artificial vanilla flavor, fully inverted syrup.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

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

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.
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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