Declared allergens
This product declares Egg, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Guava pastry treat
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Egg
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Sodium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- 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.
Calcium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- 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
- Fortified wheat flour53.6%No flag
- Niacin · E37513%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1013.3%No flag
- Vegetable fat23.2%No flag
- African palm shortening23.2%No flag
- Guava jam11.6%No flag
- Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
- As a preservative0.4%No flag
- Antioxidant0.4%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.4%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- As a preservative0.4%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2020.4%No flag
- As a preservative0.4%No flag
- Filtered water5.8%No flag
- Dry molasses2.9%No flag
- Artificial vanilla flavor0.1%No flag
- Artificial cinnamon flavor<0.1%No flag
- Sodium propionate · E281<0.1%Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- As a preservative<0.1%No flag
- Calcium propionate · E282<0.1%Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- As a preservative<0.1%No flag
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Fortified wheat flour (with iron, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin and folic acid), vegetable shortening (african palm shortening), guava jam, (sugar cane, guava pulp, modified starch, citric acid (as a preservative and antioxidant), sodium benzoate (as a preservative), potassium sorbate (as a preservative)), filtered water, dry molasses, sugar, pasteurized eggs, wheat bran, salt, artificial vanilla flavor, artificial cinnamon flavor, sodium propionate (as a preservative), calcium propionate (as a preservative), yeast.
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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.
- Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
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