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Marich Confectionery CompanySnacks · 0797817229563

Marich, Premium Chocolate Cherries

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 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. Indigotine / indigo carmineModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.
    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

  • Milk chocolate55%No flag
  • Sugar28.3%No flag›
  • Whole milk13.3%No flag
  • Cocoa butter6.7%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste3.3%No flag
  • Soya lecithin1.7%No flag›
  • Vanilla1.7%No flag›
  • Pastel coating22.5%No flag
  • Sugar11.3%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil5.6%No flag›
  • Palm oils2.8%No flag›
  • Whey1.4%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk0.7%No flag
  • Soya lecithin0.4%No flag›
  • Vanilla0.4%No flag›
  • Cherry11.3%No flag›
  • Sugar5.6%No flag›
  • Colour2.8%No flag
  • Red 40 lake · E1291.4%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Blue 2 lake · E1321.4%Moderate

    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.

  • Natural and artificial flavouring1.4%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
  • Tapioca syrup0.4%No flag
  • Tapioca dextrin0.2%No flag
  • Confectioner's glaze0.2%No flag
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Milk chocolate (sugar, whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, soy lecithin, vanilla), pastel coating (sugar, palm kernel and palm oils, whey, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, vanilla), dried cherries, sugar, artificial colors (red 40 lake, blue 2 lake), natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, tapioca syrup, tapioca dextrin, confectioner's glaze.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Indigotine / indigo carmineSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 2 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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