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chocolate chip cookies
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chocolate chip cookies

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 11 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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

  • Nestlé toll house semi-sweet66.2%No flag
  • Sugar19.4%No flag›
  • Chocolate16.8%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter15%No flag›
  • Milkfat7.5%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin3.7%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring3.7%No flag
  • D sugar6%No flag
  • Wheat flour3%No flag›
  • Margarine3%No flag›
  • Palm oil1.5%No flag›
  • Soya oil0.8%No flag›
  • Water0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF VEGETABLE mono- and DIGLYCERIDES<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

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

  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • E160aiNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Wheat flour3%No flag›
  • Fat3%No flag
  • Palm oil3%No flag›
  • Molasses3%No flag›
  • Corn syrup3%No flag›
  • Contains less than 2% of baking soda3%No flag
  • Eggs3%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring1.9%No flag
  • Milk1.9%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Water0.4%No flag›
  • PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO HANDLES PEANUT and TREE NUT INGREDIENTS1%No flag
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NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE SEMI-SWEET (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN. NATURAL FLAVORS), 13% 23% 2% 6% D SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, MARGARINE (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF VEGETABLE MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA-CAROTENE [COLOR], WHEY), BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SHORTENING (PALM OIL), MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF BAKING SODA, EGGS, NATURAL FLAVORS (MILK), SALT, WATER. CONTAINS EGG, MILK, SOY AND WHEAT PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO HANDLES PEANUT AND TREE NUT INGREDIENTS

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 11 Mar 2026

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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