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Snacks · 0041144813231

Gourmet white & dark choc chip cookie

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

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

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

  1. Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity 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

  • Fortified wheat flour53.1%No flag
  • Wheat flour27.1%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37513%No flag
  • Reduced iron6.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin3.3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Brown sugar17.5%No flag›
  • Chocolate chunk14.7%No flag
  • Sugar7.3%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste3.7%No flag
  • Cocoa butter1.8%No flag›
  • Milkfat0.9%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.5%No flag›
  • Vanillin0.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • White chips7.3%No flag
  • Sugar3.7%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil1.8%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk0.9%No flag
  • Powder0.5%No flag
  • Whey powder0.2%No flag
  • Palm oil0.1%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Vanilla<0.1%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat3.7%No flag
  • Soya bean1.8%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oil1.8%No flag›
  • Sugar1.8%No flag›
  • Margarine0.9%No flag›
  • Soya bean0.5%No flag›
  • Canola oil0.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Artificial flavouringNo flag
  • E160aiNo flag
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • Invert sugar0.5%No flag›
  • Eggs0.2%No flag›
  • Modified food starch0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Whey protein<0.1%No flag›
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
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Enriched wheat flour (unbleached and bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid), brown sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanillin, salt), white chips (sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat milk, powder, whey powder, palm oil, soy lecithin, vanilla), vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil), sugar, margarine (partially hydrogenated soybean and/or canola oil, salt, soy lecithin, mono and diglycerides, sodium benzoate, artificial flavor, beta carotene, vitamin a palmitate), invert sugar, eggs (pasteurized), modified food starch, salt, natural & artificial flavoring, whey protein, baking soda, soy lecithin, guar gum.

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 benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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