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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

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.

  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. DiphosphatesMinor 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Fortified wheat flour52%No flag
  • Flour26.3%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37512.8%No flag
  • Iron6.4%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.2%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Invert sugar24%No flag›
  • Sugar12%No flag›
  • Chocolate drops6%No flag
  • Sugar3%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste1.5%No flag
  • Butterfat0.8%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.4%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter0.2%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Water3%No flag›
  • Inulin1.5%No flag›
  • Chicory roots1.5%No flag›
  • Pea fiber0.8%No flag›
  • Soya bean0.4%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oil0.2%No flag›
  • Butter<0.1%No flag›
  • Cream<0.1%No flag›
  • Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Contains 2% and less of<0.1%No flag
  • E160ai<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • Egg whiteNo flag›
  • Egg yolksNo flag›
  • Raising agentNo flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450iNo flag
  • MolassesNo flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Skimmed milkNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Soya flourNo flag›
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Diphosphates (E450)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), invert sugar, sugar, chocolate drops (sugar, chocolate liquor, butterfat, dextrose, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), water, inulin (chicory roots), pea fiber, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, butter (pasteurized cream, lactic acid, natural flavor), contains 2% or less of: beta-carotene (color), cornstarch, dextrose, egg whites, egg yolks, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate), molasses, natural and artificial flavor, nonfat milk, salt, sodium benzoate (preservative), soy lecithin, soy flour, vitamin a palmitate, whey.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, 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
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic 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

1 high · 3 moderate · 6 low · 7 not assessed

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