Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Aug 2022
Frozen root beer & vanilla ice cream float tubes
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 8 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Aug 2022
Ingredients
- Ice cream mix54.2%No flag
- Skimmed milk1.7%No flag
- Stabiliser0.4%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.4%No flag
- Guar gum · E4120.2%No flag
- E450iii0.1%No flag
- Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low
Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- Root beer flavored syrup3.1%No flag
- Caramel color · E150a0.4%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative0.2%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Artificial<0.1%No flag
- Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring1.6%No flag
- Stabiliser0.8%No flag
- Guar gum · E4120.4%No flag
- Xanthan gum · E4150.2%No flag
- Caramel color · E150a0.4%No flag
- Fd&c red #40 · E1290.2%High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Fd&c yellow #6 · E110<0.1%High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Fd&c yellow #5 · E102<0.1%High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Fd&c blue #1 · E133<0.1%Moderate
Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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.
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Ice cream mix (milk, cream, sugar, corn syrup solids, skim milk, whey, stabilizer [mono & diglycerides, guar gum, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, carrageenan, standardized with dextrose]), water, sucrose syrup, sugar, root beer flavored syrup (high fructose corn syrup, water, caramel color, sodium benzoate [preservative], citric acid, caffeine, artificial and natural flavors, acacia), natural and artificial flavors, stabilizer (guar gum, xanthan gum, dextrose), caramel color, fd&c red #40, fd&c yellow #6, fd&c yellow #5, fd&c blue #1.
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- 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
Chemical identity has not been assessed for these 2 ingredients yet.
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