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Gingernut
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Gingernut

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 19 Sep 2023

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Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    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

  • Wheat Flour51.3%No flag›
  • Sugar17.3%No flag›
  • Palm Oil17%No flag›
  • Antioxidant17%No flag
  • 3209.1%No flag
  • 3217.9%No flag
  • Golden Syrup8.5%No flag
  • Ginger powder2.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Mineral Salt0.5%No flag
  • 5000.3%No flag
  • 5030.3%No flag
  • Natural flavouring2.5%No flag
  • Lemon2.5%No flag›
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) (E320)Moderate

    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) (E321)Moderate

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

Show original label text

_Wheat_ Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil (Antioxidant (320, 321)), Golden Syrup, Ground Ginger (2.5%), Salt, Mineral Salt (500, 503), Natural Flavour (Lemon)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 19 Sep 2023

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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