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Baking Decorations · 0078742198361

Decorating icing red

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 additives of concern.

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

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Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sunset yellow FCFHigh 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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Phosphoric acidMinor concernAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Sugar53.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat23.2%No flag
  • Palm oil11.6%No flag›
  • Sunflower oil5.8%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated cottonseed oil2.9%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4711.5%No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E4351.5%No flag
  • Water11.6%No flag›
  • Corn syrup5.8%No flag›
  • Red color2.9%No flag
  • Sugar1.5%No flag›
  • Filtered water0.7%No flag
  • Sorbitol · E4200.4%No flag
  • Yellow 6 lake · E1100.2%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Red 40 lake · 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.

  • Methyl paraben<0.1%No flag›
  • Propyl paraben<0.1%No flag›
  • Phosphoric acid · E338<0.1%Low

    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.

  • Modified corn starch1.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
  • Preservative0.2%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.2%No flag
  • Preservative0.2%No flag
  • Sunflower oil0.2%No flag›
  • Rosemary extract · E3920.1%No flag
  • Tocopherols · E3060.1%No flag
  • Preservative0.1%No flag
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Sugar, vegetable shortening (palm oil, sunflower oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), water, corn syrup, red color (sugar, purified water, sorbitol, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, red 3, methyl paraben, propyl paraben, phosphoric acid), modified cornstarch, salt, cornstarch, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid (preservative), sunflower oil, rosemary extract, tocopherols (preservative).

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
  • Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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6 low · 1 not assessed

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