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Food LionSnacks · 0760366000204

Low Fat Muffins

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

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.

  1. Sodium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    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. Phosphoric acidMinor concernAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some 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

  • Sugar52%No flag›
  • Flour24%No flag›
  • Wheat flour12%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3756%No flag
  • Reduced iron3%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.5%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
  • Folic acid0.8%No flag›
  • Egg white12%No flag›
  • Blueberry6%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified3%No flag›
  • Corn syrup solids1.5%No flag›
  • Whey0.8%No flag›
  • Water0.4%No flag›
  • Raising agent0.2%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium aluminium phosphate · E541<0.1%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Cellulose · E460<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Emulsifiers<0.1%No flag
  • Sorbitan monostearate · E491No flag
  • Corn syrup solidsNo flag›
  • Sodium caseinateNo flag›
  • Soya oilNo flag›
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Propylene glycol · E490No flag
  • Ethyl alcohol · E1510No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Triacetin · E1518No flag
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
  • Phosphoric acid · E338Low

    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.

  • Sodium propionate · E281Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Benzyl alcohol · E1519No flag
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Sugar, bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), egg whites, blueberries, food starch-modified, corn syrup solids, whey (milk), water, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminium phosphate), mono and diglycerides, cellulose, salt, emulsifiers (sorbitan monostearate, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate), soybean oil, guar gum, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, propylene glycol, ethyl alcohol, citric acid, triacetin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, phosphoric acid, sodium propionate (preservative), benzyl alcohol.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
  • Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 6 not assessed

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