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

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 2 Dec 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. SucraloseModerate concernSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    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

  • Drug facts52.8%No flag
  • Continued52.8%No flag
  • Inactive ingredients corn starch23.6%No flag
  • Crospovidone · E120211.8%No flag
  • C yellow #10 aluminum lake3%No flag
  • Flavouring1.5%No flag
  • Magnesium stearate · E5720.7%No flag
  • Maltodextrin0.4%No flag›
  • Microcrystalline een cellulose0.2%No flag
  • Polyethylene glycol · E1521<0.1%No flag
  • Polyvinyl alcohol · E1203<0.1%No flag
  • Povidone · E1201<0.1%No flag
  • Silicon dioxide · E551<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium starch glycolateNo flag›
  • Stearic acid · E570No flag
  • Sucralose · E955Moderate

    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

  • Talc · E553bNo flag
  • Titanium dioxide · E171High

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

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drug facts (continued) inactive ingredients corn starch, crospovidone, ď,c yellow #10 aluminum lake, flavor, magnesium stearate, maltodextrin, microcrystalline een cellulose, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, povidone, silicon dioxide, sodium starch glycolate, stearic acid, sucralose, talc, titanium dioxide

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
  • SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 1 not assessed

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