Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten, Soy, Sulphites.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Fig fruit chewy cookies, fig
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Gluten
- Soy
- Sulphites
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 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.
Sulphur dioxideModerate concernSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- 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
- Whole grain wheat flour23.5%No flag
- Niacin · E3751.5%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
- Vitamin b2 · E1010.2%No flag
- Palm<0.1%No flag
- E500ii0.2%No flag
- Calcium lactate · E327<0.1%No flag
- Malic acid · E296<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.
- Sulfur dioxide · E220Moderate
Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- Added to preserve freshnessNo flag
- Natural flavouringNo flag
- Artificial flavouringNo flag
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Figs, whole grain wheat flour, sugar, unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), corn syrup, invert sugar, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola and/or palm and/or partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil), salt, baking soda, calcium lactate, malic acid, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate and sulfur dioxide (sulfites) added to preserve freshness, natural flavor, artificial flavor.
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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.
- Sulphur dioxideSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- SugarLow concern
- Corn SyrupLow concern
- Invert SugarLow concern
3 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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