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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0042400276968

Cookie bites cereal

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

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. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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

  • Corn flour52.5%No flag›
  • Sugar19%No flag›
  • Wholemeal oat flour14.3%No flag
  • Canola oil7.1%No flag›
  • Corn syrup3.6%No flag›
  • Cookie bits1.8%No flag
  • Sugar0.9%No flag›
  • Corn flour0.4%No flag›
  • Cocoa0.2%No flag›
  • Soya oil0.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Cocoa processed with alkali0.5%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a0.4%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Bht added to preserve freshness · E321<0.1%Moderate

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

  • Vitamins<0.1%No flag›
  • Minerals<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i<0.1%No flag
  • Ferric orthophosphate<0.1%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E375No flag
  • Vitamin b3 · E375No flag
  • Zinc oxideNo flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrateNo flag›
  • ThiaminNo flag›
  • Calcium pantothenateNo flag›
  • Pantothenic acidNo flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Vitamin b6No flag›
  • Folic acidNo flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Corn flour, sugar, whole grain oat flour, canola oil, corn syrup, cookie bits (sugar, corn flour, cocoa (processed with alkali), soybean oil), salt, cocoa processed with alkali), caramel color, natural and artificial flavor, bht added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, ferric orthophosphate (source of iron), niacinamide (vitamin b3), zinc oxide (source of zinc) thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid.

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
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 minor · 9 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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