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Ne-Mo’s Chocolate Cake
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 27 Sep 2025
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is 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.
Ingredients
- Niacin · E3751.2%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1011.2%No flag
- Icing sugar6.9%No flag
- Cream Cheese3.8%No flag
- Cream cheese3.8%No flag
- Carob Bean Gum · E410No flag
- Lactic fermentsNo flag
- Vegetable mono- and DiglyceridesNo flag
- Sodium Benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- A preservativeNo flag
- Citric Acid · E330No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- E160aiNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- Modified Com StarchNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- EmulsifierNo flag
- Mono- and Diglycerides · E471No flag
- Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate · E481No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- Potassium Sorbate · E202No flag
- As a preservativeNo flag
- Xanthan Gum · E415No flag
- Gellan Gum · E418No flag
- Contains Bioengineered Food IngredientsNo flag
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Buttermilk, Sugar, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Soybean Oil, Eggs, Cocoa Powder (processed with alkali), Cream Cheese (Milk, Cream, Salt, Carob Bean Gum, Cheese Culture), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Vegetable Mono and Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate (a preservative), Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene (color), Vitamin A Palmitate Added, Whey), Water, Modified Com Starch, Whey Protein Concentrate, Salt, Baking Soda, Emulsifier (Water, Propylene Glycol Mono - and Diesters of Fats and Fatty Acids, Mono - and Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 60), Natural & Artificial Flavoring, Potassium Sorbate (as a preservative), Xanthan Gum, Gellan Gum. Contains Egg, Milk, Soy, Wheat. Contains Bioengineered Food Ingredients
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
7 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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