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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0038259123430

Frosted shredded wheat cereal

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

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

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Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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

  • Whole grain wheat53.8%No flag
  • Sugar10%No flag›
  • Gelatin · E42810%No flag
  • Bht added to preserve freshness · E32110%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • Vitamins8.1%No flag›
  • Minerals4%No flag
  • Reduced iron4%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3752%No flag
  • Vitamin b3 · E3752%No flag
  • Folic acid1%No flag›
  • Zinc oxide0.5%No flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.3%No flag›
  • Vitamin b60.3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.1%No flag
  • Vitamin b2 · E1010.1%No flag
  • Thiamin mononitrate<0.1%No flag›
  • Thiamin<0.1%No flag›
  • Vitamin b12<0.1%No flag›
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Whole grain wheat, sugar, gelatin, bht added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, niacinamide (vitamin b3), folic acid, zinc oxide (source of zinc), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), vitamin b12.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 minor · 5 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all
  1. 07VitaminsNot assessed

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