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Baking Decorations · 0078742198392

Decorating icing purple

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. Brilliant blue FCFModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    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

  • Sugar53.3%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat23.3%No flag
  • Palm oil11.7%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil5.8%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated cottonseed oil2.9%No flag›
  • Mon1.5%No flag
  • And diglycerides0.7%No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E4350.7%No flag
  • Water11.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup5.8%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch2.9%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Corn starch0.3%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.3%No flag
  • Preservative0.3%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.3%No flag
  • Preservative0.3%No flag
  • Blue 1 lake · E1330.3%Moderate

    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

  • Red 3 · E1270.3%Moderate

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

  • Sunflower oil0.3%No flag›
  • Rosemary extract · E3920.2%No flag
  • Tocopherols · E3060.2%No flag
  • Preservative0.2%No flag
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Sugar, vegetable shortening (palm oil, sunflower oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mon - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), water, corn syrup, modified cornstarch, salt, cornstarch, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid (preservative), blue 1 lake, red 3, sunflower oil, rosemary extract, tocopherols (preservative).

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
  • Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

6 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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