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Hebert, Hebert Confections LlcSnacks · 0721605252358

Milk chocolate

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Peanut
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Milk chocolate66.7%No flag
  • Sugar35.7%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter15.5%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste7.7%No flag
  • Milk3.9%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin1.9%No flag›
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • And vanilla1.8%No flag›
  • Raspberry filling16.7%No flag
  • Sugar8.3%No flag›
  • Corn syrup4.2%No flag›
  • Raspberry puree2.1%No flag
  • Water1%No flag›
  • High fructose corn syrup0.5%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of the following0.3%No flag
  • Dextrose0.3%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.1%No flag
  • Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose<0.1%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Pectin · E440a<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium citrateNo flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • Red 40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Peanut butter filling16.7%No flag
  • Roasted peanuts8.3%No flag
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • White chocolate8.2%No flag
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) (E466)Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

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Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, milk, soy lecithin, salt, and vanilla), raspberry filling (sugar, corn syrup, raspberry puree, water, high fructose corn syrup. contains 2% or less of the following: dextrose, citric acid, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose,. artificial flavor, pectin, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, red 40)., peanut butter filling (roasted peanuts, salt, white chocolate).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Peanut, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

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