Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 3 Oct 2024
Sour Cherry Candy Squares
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).
- Critical
Allergens
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 3 Oct 2024
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
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.
Ingredients
- Niacin · E3756%No flag
- Mononitrate0.7%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
- Sorbitol · E420<0.1%No flag
- Malic acid · E296No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- MonoNo flag
- DiglyceridesNo flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- Red no.40 · E129High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Titanium dioxide · E171High
Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
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sugar, corn syrup, enriched bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, apple juice concentrate, corn starch, sorbitol, malic acid, palm oil, citric acid, sodium citrate, mono - , diglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, artificial color, red no.40, titanium dioxide
Alerts
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
What drives this
- Reduced IronModerate concern
- ThiaminModerate concern
- Folic AcidModerate concern
2 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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