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Coffee Cakes
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Coffee Cakes

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Calcium phosphates).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 17 Jan 2023

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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. DiphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Sugar51.4%No flag›
  • Flour24.3%No flag›
  • Wheat flour12.2%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour6.1%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753%No flag
  • Ferrous sulfate1.5%No flag›
  • Reduced iron0.8%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Folic acid0.2%No flag›
  • Water12.2%No flag›
  • Soya oil6.1%No flag›
  • Brown sugar3%No flag›
  • Corn syrup1.5%No flag›
  • Butter0.8%No flag›
  • Cream0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less0.4%No flag
  • Modified corn starch0.4%No flag›
  • Glycerin · E4220.2%No flag
  • Egg<0.1%No flag›
  • Cinnamon<0.1%No flag›
  • Tallow<0.1%No flag›
  • Palm oil<0.1%No flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Soya flourNo flag›
  • Egg whiteNo flag›
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450iNo flag
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Sorbic acid · E200No flag
  • To retain freshnessNo flag
  • Hydrogenated tallowNo flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Fumaric acid · E297No flag
  • Calcium caseinateNo flag›
  • Sodium caseinateNo flag›
  • Soy protein isolateNo flag›
  • Cottonseed oilNo flag›
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • E160aiNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

  • Diphosphates (E450)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Show original label text

Sugar, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate or reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter (cream, salt), contains 2% or less: modified cornstarch, glycerin, egg, cinnamon, tallow, palm oil, salt, natural and artificial flavor, defatted soy flour, egg white, baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, whey, potassium sorbate and sorbic acid (to retain freshness), hydrogenated tallow, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, monocalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, enzymes, fumaric acid, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, soy protein isolate, cotton seed oil, soy lecithin, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 17 Jan 2023

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 5 low · 17 not assessed

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