Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten, Soy, Sulphites, Tree nuts.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Lemon ginger biscotti
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sulphur dioxide).
- High
Allergens
- Gluten
- Soy
- Sulphites
- Tree nuts
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.
Sulphur dioxideModerate concernSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- 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.
DiphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- 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
- Fortified wheat flour54.2%No flag
- Niacin · E3756.6%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
- Eggs preserved with nisin preparation8%No flag
- Sulphur dioxide · E2202%Moderate
Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- Lemon powder3.5%No flag
- Citric acid · E3301.7%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E3000.2%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.9%No flag
- Baking powder0.3%No flag
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450i0.1%No flag
- E500ii<0.1%No flag
- Calcium sulfate · E516<0.1%No flag
- E500ii0.3%No flag
- 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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Enriched wheat flour (flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, eggs preserved with nisin preparation, soybean oil, crystallized ginger (ginger, sugar, sulphur dioxide), walnuts, crystallized lemon powder (citric acid, lemon oil, lemon juice, ascorbic acid, maltodextrin), ground ginger, natural flavor, salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate monohydrate, calcium sulfate), baking soda.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sulphur dioxideSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
- 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
What drives this
- SugarLow concern
- GingerLow concern
- Ginger PowderLow concern
2 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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