Skip to content
Saving recent analysis
No image yet
Snacks · 0896911002017

Mantecadas

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten

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.

  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. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Fortified wheat flour45.8%No flag
  • Barley malt flour23.9%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37510.9%No flag
  • Iron5.5%No flag›
  • Thiamine mononitrate riboflavin2.7%No flag
  • Folic acid2.7%No flag›
  • Granulated sugar13.1%No flag
  • Oil13.1%No flag›
  • Vegetable13.1%No flag
  • Eggs9.3%No flag›
  • Milk3.7%No flag›
  • Baking powder0.9%No flag
  • E500ii0.5%No flag
  • Corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Sodium aluminum sulfate · E5210.1%No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i0.1%No flag
  • Nulomoline0.5%No flag›
  • Sugar0.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Butter artificial flavor0.2%No flag
  • Cottonseed oil0.1%No flag›
  • Tragacanth gum · E413<0.1%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.

  • Vitamin e<0.1%No flag›
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Show original label text

Enriched wheat flour (malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate riboflavin, folic acid.), granulated sugar, oil, vegetable, eggs, frozen milk, 3.7%, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate.), nulomoline (sugar), salt, butter artificial flavor (cottonseed oil, tragacanth gum, citric acid, sodium benzoate, vitamin e.)

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

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.
  • 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

What drives this

1 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

Trust & sources

Where this product data comes from

How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

Image cache

No product image yet

Pending enrichment

Ingredient content

Normalized label parsed

11 items

Your context

Through your lens

Everyday use

A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Change lens

Recent scans

See all

Products you open appear here on this device.