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Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 5 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 5 Apr 2021

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Why it's rated this way

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

  1. TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions 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.
  2. 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.
  3. CyclamateModerate concernSweetener; historical bladder-tumour findings in animals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour findings in animals.
    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. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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.
  5. SaccharinMinor concernSweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
    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

  • Sugar56.3%No flag›
  • Corn starch21.9%No flag›
  • Carragenina · E40710.9%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • E40710.9%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Goma tara · E4175.5%No flag
  • E4175.5%No flag
  • Esencia artificial de vainilla2.7%No flag
  • Ciclamato de calcio1.4%No flag
  • E9521.4%Moderate

    Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour findings in animals.

  • Sacarina de sodio0.7%No flag
  • E9540.7%Low

    Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.

  • Colour0.7%No flag
  • Amarillo ocaso FCF · E1020.7%High

    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.

  • E1100.7%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

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azúcar, almidón de maíz, carragenina (INS 407), goma tara (INS 417), esencia artificial de vainilla, ciclamato de calcio (INS 952), sacarina de sodio (INS 954), colorante (amarillo ocaso FCF (INS 110))

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • CyclamateSweetener; historical bladder-tumour findings in animals.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
  • SaccharinSweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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