Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 May 2025
Digestive High Bran Biscuits
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium metabisulphite).
- Critical
Allergens
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 31 May 2025
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium metabisulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- 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.
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.
Ingredients
- Refined Wheat Flour43%No flag
- Refined wheat flour43%No flag
- Whole wheat flour15%No flag
- Lodised Salt0.9%No flag
- Raising Agents0.4%No flag
- E503ii0.4%No flag
- E500ii) Wheat Gluten0.2%No flag
- Acidity Regulators<0.1%No flag
- E296<0.1%No flag
- E450i<0.1%No flag
- E334<0.1%No flag
- Flour treatment agent<0.1%No flag
- E223<0.1%Moderate
Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- 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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Refined Wheat Flour [(Maida (43%)], Edible Vegetable Oil (palm), Sugar, Wheat Flour [Atta (15%)], Wheat Bran (3%). Invert Syrup, lodised Salt, Raising Agents [INS 503(ii), INS 500(ii)) Wheat Gluten, Malt Extract, Acidity Regulators (INS 296, INS 450(i). INS 334), Dough Conditioner (INS 223).
Alerts
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- 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
- SugarLow concern
- Invert Sugar SyrupLow concern
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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