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Enstrom Candies Inc.Snacks · 0635104181081

Enstrom, White & Dark Peppermint Bark Chocolate

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

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. 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.
  3. 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

  • Semi sweet chocolate62.5%No flag
  • Soya lecithin37.5%No flag›
  • Pure vanilla25%No flag
  • White chocolate18.8%No flag
  • Sugar9.4%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter4.7%No flag›
  • Milk2.3%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin1.2%No flag›
  • Pure vanilla1.2%No flag
  • Candy cane9.4%No flag
  • Sugar4.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup2.3%No flag›
  • Fd&c red #40 · E1291.2%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Fd&c red #3 · E1270.6%Moderate

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

  • Fd&c blue #1 · E1330.3%Moderate

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

  • Natural peppermint oil0.3%No flag
  • Gum arabic · E4149.4%No flag
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Semisweet chocolate ((chocolate liquor processed with potassium carbonate, sugar, cocoa butter), soy lecithin, pure vanilla), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, soy lecithin, pure vanilla), candy cane (sugar, corn syrup, fd&c red #40, fd&c red #3, fd&c blue #1, natural peppermint oil), gum arabic.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, 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.
  • Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

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