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Lentils Candy, Mint

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Titanium dioxide).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Mar 2017

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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

  • Sugar55.6%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated palm kernel oil22.2%No flag›
  • Cocoa powder11.1%No flag›
  • Natural colours5.6%No flag
  • Including2.8%No flag
  • Titanium dioxide · E1712.8%High

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

  • Red beetroot2.8%No flag›
  • Artificial coloring2.8%No flag
  • Including fd&c yellow no1.4%No flag
  • Blue no0.3%No flag
  • Gum arabic · E4141.4%No flag
  • Corn syrup0.7%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.3%No flag›
  • An emulsifier0.3%No flag
  • Natural oil of pepperm0.3%No flag
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Sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, natural coloring (including: titanium dioxide, red beet powder), artificial coloring (including fd&c yellow no. 5, blue no. 2), gum arabic, corn syrup, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), natural oil of pepperm

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 9 Mar 2017

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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

2 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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