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Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 16 Jun 2023

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    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

  • Degerminated white corn grit96.4%No flag
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Less than 2% of0.4%No flag
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i0.4%No flag
  • Ferric orthophosphate0.4%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.4%No flag›
  • Bha · E3200.4%Moderate

    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

  • Preservative0.4%No flag
  • Niacin · E3750.4%No flag
  • Vitamin b3 · E3750.4%No flag
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Vitamin b2 · E1010.4%No flag
  • Thiamin mononi0.4%No flag
  • Trate0.4%No flag
  • Thiamin0.4%No flag›
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
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degerminated white corn grit, salt, less than 2% of: calcium carbonate (calcium source), ferric phosphate (iron source), soy lecithin, bha (preservative), niacin (vitamin b3), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononi - trate (vitamin b1), folic acid. contains: soy

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 16 Jun 2023

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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