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Little Deb snack cakes
Little DebbieSnacks · 0024300045110

Little Deb snack cakes

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 11 Apr 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Polysorbate 80Minor 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

  • Sugar51.9%No flag›
  • Corn syrup24%No flag›
  • Water12%No flag›
  • Flour6%No flag›
  • Wheat flour3%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3751.5%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.8%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Thiamin0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Folic acid0.2%No flag›
  • Palm3%No flag
  • Soybean oils with tbhq and citric acid to protect flavor1.5%No flag
  • Palm and palm kernel oil0.8%No flag
  • Dextrose0.4%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each of the following0.2%No flag
  • Corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Egg white<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Whey<0.1%No flag›
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541No flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Titanium dioxide · E171High

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

  • Red 40 lake · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Red 40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
  • Sorbitan monostearate · E491No flag
  • Sorbic acid · E200No flag
  • To preserve freshnessNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
  • Polysorbate 80 · E433Low

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

  • Soya flourNo flag›
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
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Sugar, corn syrup, water, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), palm and soybean oils with tbhq and citric acid to protect flavor, palm and palm kernel oil, dextrose. contains 2% or less of each of the following: corn starch, egg whites, soybean oil, whey (milk), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, titanium dioxide, red 40 lake, red 40, natural and artificial flavors, mono - and diglycerides, sorbitan monostearate, sorbic acid (to preserve freshness), soy lecithin, polysorbate 60, polysorbate 80, soy flour, citric acid.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 11 Apr 2026

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.
  • Polysorbate 80Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

5 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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