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Frosted sugar cookies

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

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. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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. Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
    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

  • Sugar52.9%No flag›
  • Flour23.5%No flag›
  • Wheat flour11.8%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3755.9%No flag
  • Reduced iron2.9%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.5%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.7%No flag
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Margarine11.8%No flag›
  • Palm oil5.9%No flag›
  • Water2.9%No flag›
  • Soya oil1.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.6%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of0.4%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.4%No flag
  • Calcium disodium edta · E3850.2%No flag
  • Preservative0.2%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring0.1%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b<0.1%Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Eggs5.9%No flag›
  • Cinnamon crunch topping2.9%No flag
  • Wheat flour1.5%No flag›
  • Sugar0.7%No flag›
  • Palm oil0.4%No flag›
  • Cinnamon0.2%No flag›
  • Molasses<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Invert sugar1.5%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of0.7%No flag
  • Water modified corn starch0.7%No flag
  • Apple cinnamon bits0.4%No flag
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Palm vegetable oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Palm vegetable oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Kernel<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Cinnamon<0.1%No flag›
  • Malic acid · E296No flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a<0.1%No flag
  • Cinnamon<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • EmulsifierNo flag
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Show original label text

Sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, contains 2% or less of: mono - and diglycerides, calcium disodium edta [preservative], artificial flavor, annatto [color], vitamin a palmitate), eggs, cinnamon crunch topping (bleached wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, cinnamon, molasses, salt, baking soda, soy lecithin), invert sugar, contains 2% or less of: water modified corn starch, apple cinnamon bits (sugar, vegetable oil [palm, palm kernel], natural flavor, cinnamon, malic acid, soy lecithin), corn starch, baking soda (leavening), caramel color, cinnamon, salt, polysorbate 60, natural and artificial flavors, soy lecithin (emulsifier), whey.

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
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 6 not assessed

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