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Viscount Biscuits
LyonsSnacks · 0072417141003

Viscount Biscuits

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Wheat flour41.5%No flag›
  • Wheat flour23.9%No flag›
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i8.8%No flag
  • Niacin · E3754.4%No flag
  • Iron2.2%No flag›
  • Thiamin2.2%No flag›
  • Chocolate coating31%No flag
  • Sugar18.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable fats6.2%No flag
  • Sustainable palm kernel3.1%No flag
  • Palm oil1.6%No flag›
  • Shea butter1.6%No flag›
  • Whey3.1%No flag›
  • Fat reduced cocoa powder1.6%No flag
  • Emulsifiers1.6%No flag
  • Soya lecithin0.8%No flag›
  • E4760.8%No flag
  • Mint flavoured filling17%No flag
  • Sugar10.6%No flag›
  • Sustainable palm oil3.2%No flag›
  • Peppermint oil1.6%No flag›
  • Emulsifier1.6%No flag
  • Soya lecithin1.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable oils5.3%No flag›
  • Palm oil2.6%No flag›
  • Rapeseed oil2.6%No flag›
  • Sugar2.6%No flag›
  • Glucose syrup1.3%No flag›
  • Whey0.7%No flag›
  • Whey derivatives0.3%No flag
  • Raising agents0.2%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Disodium diphosphate · E450i<0.1%No flag
  • Emulsifier<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%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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wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), chocolate flavoured coating (31%) (sugar, vegetable fats (sustainable palm kernel, sustainable palm, shea), dried whey (milk), fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, e476)), mint flavoured filling (17%) (sugar, sustainable palm oil, peppermint oil, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), vegetable oils (sustainable palm, rapeseed), sugar, glucose syrup, whey or whey derivatives (milk), raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, disodium diphosphate), emulsifier (soya lecithin), salt.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • 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

3 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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