Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Sipping chocolate
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- 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.
Titanium dioxideHigh concernPossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
- 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
- Dark chocolate dark chocolate75%No flag
- Cocoa paste processed with alkali16.7%No flag
- Emulsifier2.1%No flag
- Natural flavouring2.1%No flag
- Peppermint candy25%No flag
- Titanium dioxide · E1713.1%High
Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
- Red 40 · E1291.6%High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
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Dark chocolate dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural flavor), peppermint candy (sugar, corn syrup, titanium dioxide, pure peppermint oil, red 40).
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
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No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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