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Almond coffee cake
Kirkland SignatureSnacks · 19181271

Almond coffee cake

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Tree nuts

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 15 Mar 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    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. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Cake62.5%No flag
  • Sugar31.9%No flag›
  • Flour15.3%No flag›
  • Liquid whole egg7.7%No flag
  • Butter3.8%No flag›
  • Water1.9%No flag›
  • Alrnond flour1%No flag
  • Vegetable oil0.5%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Modified milk ingredients0.1%No flag
  • Baking powder<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Wheat starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Glycerin fatty acidsNo flag
  • Artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Mono- and diglycericesNo flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • DextroseNo flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Almond filling18.8%No flag
  • Almond flour9.4%No flag
  • Sugar4.7%No flag›
  • Liquic albumen2.3%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring1.2%No flag
  • Modified corn starch0.6%No flag›
  • Canola oil0.3%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E4150.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Streusel9.4%No flag
  • Flour4.7%No flag›
  • Butter2.3%No flag›
  • Sugar1.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.6%No flag›
  • Liquid whole egg0.3%No flag
  • Flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Almond praline9.4%No flag
  • Almonds4.7%No flag›
  • Sugar2.3%No flag›
  • Water2.3%No flag›
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Cake (sugar, flour, liquid whole egg, butter, water, alrnond flour, vegetable oil, modified corn starch, modified milk ingredients, baking powder, salt, wheat starch, glycerin fatty acids, artificial flavour, mono and diglycerices, cellulose gum, dextrose, xanthan gum, citric acid, sodium benzoate), Almond filling (almond flour, sugar, liquic albumen, artificial flavour, modified corn starch, canola oil, xanthan gum, citric acid, sodium benzoate), Streusel (flour, butter, sugar, salt, liquid whole egg. flavour), Almond praline (almonds, sugar, water). Contains: Milk, Egg Almond, Wheat. May contain: Other tree nuts, Peanut, Soy, Sesame

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Tree nuts.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 15 Mar 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

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