Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Apple pie bites
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Gluten
- Soy
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.
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.
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- 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.
Ingredients
- Niacin · E37512.9%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
- Contains less than 2% of the following0.2%No flag
- Raising agent<0.1%No flag
- E500ii<0.1%No flag
- Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541<0.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- To preserve freshnessNo 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
- Gum arabic · E414No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Guar gum · E412No flag
- Cellulose gum · E466Low
Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
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Enriched unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, palm oil, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, high fructose corn syrup, apples, modified cornstarch, contains less than 2% of the following: corn syrup, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), cinnamon, citric acid, to preserve freshness (sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sulfiting agents), gum arabic, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, soy lecithin, soybean oil, cellulose gum, enzyme.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- WaterLow concern
- SugarLow concern
- High Fructose Corn SyrupLow concern
8 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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