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Daily Chef, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Snacks · 0078742107813

Daily chef, tea cakes, red velvet

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. ErythrosineModerate concernIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    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

  • Cake base50%No flag
  • Sugar25%No flag›
  • Fortified wheat flour12.5%No flag
  • Flour6.3%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753.1%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.6%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.8%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • Modified food starch6.3%No flag›
  • Soya oil3.1%No flag›
  • Whey1.6%No flag›
  • Raising agent0.8%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.8%No flag
  • E500ii0.4%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Wheat gluten<0.1%No flag›
  • Propylene glycol mono- and diesters of fats and fatty acids<0.1%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481<0.1%No flag
  • DextroseNo flag›
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • E341iiiNo flag
  • Soya flourNo flag›
  • EggsNo flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • WaterNo flag›
  • Ascorbic acid added as a dough conditionerNo flag
  • Alpha-tocopherol preservativeNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Soya oil25%No flag›
  • Red confectionery coating12.5%No flag
  • Sugar6.3%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil3.1%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oils1.6%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk0.8%No flag
  • Milk0.4%No flag›
  • Glyceryl-lacto esters of fatty acids0.2%No flag›
  • Red 40 lake · E129<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Water6.3%No flag›
  • Eggs3.1%No flag›
  • White confectionery wafers1.6%No flag
  • Sugar0.8%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil0.4%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil0.2%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated palm kernel oil0.2%No flag›
  • Whey0.2%No flag›
  • Milk<0.1%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Corn syrup0.8%No flag›
  • Red coloring0.4%No flag
  • Water0.2%No flag›
  • Propylene glycol · E490<0.1%No flag
  • Red 40 · E129<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Red 3 · E127<0.1%Moderate

    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

  • Vinegar0.2%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Enzyme blend<0.1%No flag
  • Wheat flour<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Enzyme<0.1%No flag›
Show original label text

Cake base (sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached [flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], modified food starch, soybean oil, whey, leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda], salt, wheat gluten, propylene glycol mono-and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono-and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dextrose, corn starch, tricalcium phosphate, soy flour, eggs, natural and artificial flavor, water, ascorbic acid added as a dough conditioner, alpha-tocopherol preservative, citric acid), soybean oil, red confectionery coating (sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel and cottonseed oils, nonfat milk, milk, glyceryl-lacto esters of fatty acids, red 40 lake, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor), water, eggs, white confectionery wafers (sugar, vegetable oil [palm kernel oil and hydrogenated palm kernel oil], whey, milk, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor), corn syrup, red coloring (water, propylene glycol, red 40, red 3), vinegar, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate preservative, enzyme blend (wheat flour, salt, enzymes).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 1 low · 3 not assessed

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