Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy, Sulphites.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Feb 2021
cupcakes
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
- Sulphites
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 10 Feb 2021
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- 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.
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.
Calcium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- 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
- With niacin · E37512.2%No flag
- Reduced on mononitrate and riboflavin6.1%No flag
- Fat3%No flag
- Cocoa processed with alkali1.5%No flag
- Raising agent0.2%No flag
- E500ii<0.1%No flag
- Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541<0.1%No flag
- Aluminum sulfate · E520<0.1%No flag
- Propylene glycol imono and diesters<0.1%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
- Lecithin · E322iNo flag
- Artificial flavouringNo flag
- Carmel colorNo flag
- Red 40 · E129High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Calcium propionate · E282Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Less than 1No flag
- 10th of 1% as a preservativeNo flag
- IcingNo flag
- Vegetable fatNo flag
- Processed with alkaliNo flag
- Natural cocoaNo flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- To preserve freshnessNo flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Distilled mono- and diglycerides and ascorbic acidNo flag
- Cocoa pasteNo flag
- Artiifical flavorNo flag
- ByNo flag
- 15No flag
- 2021 * cottonwoodNo flag
- Ca 9 6022 selNo flag
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sugar, bleached wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced on mononitrate and riboflavin, folic acid), water, eggs, shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean, canola and/or cottonseed oil), cocoa processed with alkali, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, aluminum sulfate), wheat gluten, whey, propylene glycol imono and diesters, mono-and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, lecithin, artificial flavor, carmel color (contains sulfites), red 40, calcium propionate (less than 1/10th of 1% as a preservative. icing: sugar, water, corn syrup, vegetable shortening, cocoa (processed with alkali), natural cocoa, corn oil, salt, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness), citric acid, distilled mono and diglycerides and ascorbic acid, soy lecithin and chocolate liquor, artiifical flavor. by: 2/15/2021 * cottonwood, ca 9 6022 sel
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
7 of 12 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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