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Fannie MaySnacks · 0052745728664

Fannie may, sea salt caramels, milk chocolate

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Sulphites

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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. Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity 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

  • Milk chocolate54.5%No flag
  • Sugar28%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter13.3%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste6.6%No flag
  • Milk3.3%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin1.7%No flag›
  • An emulsifier1.7%No flag
  • Vanilla1.7%No flag›
  • Cream corn syrup22.7%No flag
  • Sugar11.4%No flag›
  • Sweetened condensed milk5.7%No flag
  • Milk2.8%No flag›
  • Sugar1.4%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk1.4%No flag
  • Milk confection2.8%No flag
  • Sugar1.4%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil0.7%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk0.4%No flag
  • Whole milk0.2%No flag
  • Cocoa powder<0.1%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated palm oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Cocoa<0.1%No flag›
  • Sorbitan tristearate · E492<0.1%No flag
  • An emulsifier<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Natural vanillaNo flag
  • Dextrose1.4%No flag›
  • Salted butter0.7%No flag
  • Cream0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Sea salt0.3%No flag›
  • Sodium chloride0.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial vanilla flavor<0.1%No flag
  • Glycerine · E422<0.1%No flag
  • Propylene glycol · E490<0.1%No flag
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Caramel color · E150aNo flag
  • AlcoholNo flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Show original label text

Milk chocolate, (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, milk, soy lecithin (an emulsifier) and vanilla), cream corn syrup, sugar, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar, skim milk), milk confection (sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat milk, whole milk, cocoa powder, hydrogenated palm oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), sorbitan tristearate (an emulsifier), soy lecithin and natural vanilla), dextrose, salted butter (cream, salt), sea salt (sodium chloride), salt, water, natural and artificial vanilla flavor (glycerine, propylene glycol, water, sugar, caramel color (sulfites), alcohol, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy, Sulphites.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 3 low

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