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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0070038611806

Instant oatmeal

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 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. Titanium dioxideHigh concernPossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    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

  • Whole grain oat flakes53.3%No flag
  • Sugar18.6%No flag›
  • Flavored and colored fruit pieces14%No flag
  • Apple7%No flag›
  • Treated with sodium sulfite to promote color retention7%No flag
  • Artificial strawberry flavor3.5%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3301.8%No flag
  • Red 40 · E1291.8%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Creaming agent7%No flag
  • Corn syrup solids3.5%No flag›
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil1.8%No flag›
  • Whey0.9%No flag›
  • Sodium caseinate0.4%No flag›
  • Titanium dioxide · E1710.4%High

    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

  • Calcium carbonate · E170i3.5%No flag
  • A source of calcium3.5%No flag
  • Salt0.6%No flag›
  • Guar gum · E4120.6%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring0.6%No flag
  • Ferric orthophosphate0.6%No flag›
  • A source of iron0.6%No flag
  • Niacinamide · E3750.5%No flag
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.3%No flag›
  • Vitamin b60.3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.1%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate<0.1%No flag›
  • Folic acid<0.1%No flag›
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Whole grain rolled oats, sugar, flavored and colored fruit pieces (dehydrated apples [treated with sodium sulfite to promote color retention], artificial strawberry flavor, citric acid, red 40), creaming agent (corn syrup solids, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey, sodium caseinate, titanium dioxide), calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), salt, guar gum, artificial flavor, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), niacinamide*, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6)*, riboflavin*, vitamin a palmitate, thiamin mononitrate*, folic acid*.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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