Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Jun 2024
Maltesers Biscuits
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Calcium phosphates).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Gluten
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Jun 2024
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Calcium phosphatesMinor 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
- Milk chocolate45%No flag
- Skimmed milk powder7.1%No flag
- Cocoa paste3.5%No flag
- Protein from Whey0.9%No flag
- Palm fat0.4%No flag
- Whey powder0.2%No flag
- Emulsifier<0.1%No flag
- E476<0.1%No flag
- Calcium carbonate · E170i6%No flag
- Niacin · E3753%No flag
- Barley malt extract3.6%No flag
- Raising agents0.2%No flag
- E500ii0.1%No flag
- E503ii0.1%No flag
- Crisp honeycombed pieces0.1%No flag
- Barley malt extract<0.1%No flag
- Skimmed milk powder<0.1%No flag
- Palm fatNo flag
- Raising agentsNo flag
- E341Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- E500No flag
- E501No flag
- Whey powderNo flag
- Flavourings<0.1%No flag
Show original label text
Milk chocolate 45% (Sugar, Cocoa butter, Skimmed _milk_ powder, Cocoa mass, Lactose and protein from Whey (_Milk_), Palm fat, Whey powder (_Milk_) _Milk_ fat, Emulsifier (_Soya_ lecithin, E476) Vanilla extract), Wheat flour (_Wheat_ flour, Calcium carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Vegetable oils (Palm, Rapeseed), _Barley_ and _Barley_ malt extract, Sugar, _Wheat_ starch, Dried whole _milk_, Raising agents (Sodium bicarbonate, Ammonium bicarbonate), Crisp honeycombed pieces (Glucose syrup, _Barley_ malt extract, Skimmed _milk_ powder, Palm fat, _Wheat_ flour, Sugar, Raising agents (E341,E500, E501), Wheat gluten, Whey powder (_Milk_), Salt), Salt, Flavourings.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Calcium phosphatesInorganic 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
5 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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