Skip to content
Saving recent analysis
No image yet
Snacks · 0628834170302

Gourmet brownie

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

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. Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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. DiphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Sugar54.2%No flag›
  • Fortified wheat flour22.9%No flag
  • Wheat flour11.5%No flag›
  • Alpha amylase · E11005.7%No flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E3002.9%No flag
  • Niacin · E3751.4%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.7%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Folic acid0.2%No flag›
  • Canola oil11.5%No flag›
  • Liquid whole egg5.7%No flag
  • Semi-sweet chocolate2.9%No flag
  • Sugar1.4%No flag›
  • Chocolate0.7%No flag›
  • Butteroil0.4%No flag
  • Cocoa butter0.2%No flag›
  • Chocolate<0.1%No flag›
  • Dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural vanilla extract<0.1%No flag
  • Corn syrup1.4%No flag›
  • Glucose0.7%No flag›
  • Sugar0.4%No flag›
  • Water0.2%No flag›
  • Molasses<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat0.7%No flag
  • Palm oil0.4%No flag›
  • Canola oil0.2%No flag›
  • Modified palm oil<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Cocoa powder processed with alkali0.4%No flag
  • Water0.2%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Baking powder<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450i<0.1%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
  • Calcium sulfate · E516No flag
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

  • Diphosphates (E450)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Show original label text

Sugar, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, alpha amylase, ascorbic acid, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola oil, liquid whole egg, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, butteroil (milk), cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate processed with alkali, dextrose, soy lecithin, natural vanilla extract), corn syrup (glucose, sugar, water, molasses, salt), vegetable shortening (palm oil, canola oil, modified palm oil, citric acid), alkalized cocoa powder, water, artificial flavor, salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate).

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
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 3 low

Trust & sources

Where this product data comes from

How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

Image cache

No product image yet

Pending enrichment

Ingredient content

Normalized label parsed

14 items

Your context

Through your lens

Everyday use

A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Change lens

Recent scans

See all

Products you open appear here on this device.