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Duncan HinesSnacks · 0644209414901

Duncan hines, decadent red velvet brownie mix, red velvet, red velvet

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten

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

Why it's rated this way

3 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. Titanium dioxideHigh concernPossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    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. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Sugar52%No flag›
  • Wheat flour24%No flag›
  • Flour12%No flag›
  • Enriched with6%No flag
  • Niacin · E3753%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.8%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour12%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil shortening6%No flag
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil6%No flag›
  • Cocoa powder processed with alkali3%No flag
  • Contains 2% and less of1.5%No flag
  • Wheat starch1.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.8%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low

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

  • Colored with red 40<0.1%No flag
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Cream cheese<0.1%No flag
  • CreamNo flag›
  • Lactic fermentsNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Carob gum · E410No flag
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Modified corn starchNo flag›
  • ButterNo flag›
  • CreamNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • ColourNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Gellan gum · E418No flag
  • Sodium citrateNo flag›
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Gellan gum · E418No flag
  • Lectic acidNo flag
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Datem · E472eNo flag
  • Potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate as preservativesNo flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Allura red AC (E129)High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Titanium dioxide (E171)High

    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

Show original label text

Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour [flour, enriched with (niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], malted barley flour), vegetable oil shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil), cocoa powder processed with alkali. contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, dextrose, salt, artificial flavor, carrageenan, colored with red 40, leavening (sodium bicarbonate). cream cheese powder [pasteurized cream, cheese culture, salt, carob gum and guar gum], sugar, modified corn starch, butter [cream, salt], color [titanium dioxide], salt, gellan gum [sodium citrate, sugar, gellan gum], lectic acid, natural flavor, datem, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate as preservatives, xanthan gum, citric acid).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten.

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.
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 2 low · 4 not assessed

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