Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026
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Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).
- Moderate
Allergens
- Dairy
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Skimmed Milk26%No flag
- Calcium Carbonate · E170i3%No flag
- Stabilisers0.5%No flag
- Guar Gum · E4120.2%No flag
- E4660.2%Low
Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- Vitamin Mix0.2%No flag
- Niacin · E375<0.1%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101No flag
- Anti caking agentNo flag
- E551No flag
- Ferric diphosphateNo flag
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Wheat 33% (Wheat Flour and Malted Wheat), Dried Skimmed Milk, Malted Barley 19%, Dried Whey (Milk), Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Palm Oil, Salt, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, E466), Vitamin Mix (Vitamin C, Niacin, Vitamin E. Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12), Anticaking Agent (E551), Ferric Pyrophosphate, Zinc Oxide
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
5 of 17 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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