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Market basket, love you cake

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Soy

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. Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
    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. 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

  • Sugar51.4%No flag›
  • Flour24.3%No flag›
  • Flour12.2%No flag›
  • Niacinferrous sulfate6.1%No flag
  • Thiamin3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.5%No flag
  • Folic acid1.5%No flag›
  • Fondant12.2%No flag
  • Cane sugar syrup6.1%No flag
  • Corn syrup6.1%No flag›
  • Fat6.1%No flag
  • Intersterified soybean oil3%No flag
  • Soya oil1.5%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated cottonseed oil0.8%No flag›
  • Palm oil0.4%No flag›
  • With mono- and diglycerides and polysorbate 600.2%No flag
  • Tbhq · E319<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Eggs3%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk1.5%No flag
  • Soya oil0.8%No flag›
  • Egg white0.4%No flag›
  • Margarine0.2%No flag›
  • Butter<0.1%No flag›
  • Partially hydrogenated soybean oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oilNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
  • Calcium disodium edta added as a preservativeNo flag
  • Colored with annattoNo flag
  • Artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • Food starch modified<0.1%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk powder<0.1%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Distilled monoglyceridesNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450iNo flag
  • Propylene glycol · E490No flag
  • MonoesterNo flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Lecithin · E322iNo flag
  • Glycerine · E422No flag
  • CocoaNo flag›
  • Polyglycerol of fatty acidsNo flag
  • Vanilla extractNo flag›
  • Sodium casienateNo flag
  • Fd&c blue 1 · E133No flag
  • Reds 3 · E127No flag
  • 40No flag
  • Yellow 5 · E102No flag
  • Ammonium alginate · E403No flag
  • Gum acacia · E414No flag
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixin (E160B)Low

    Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

  • 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.

Show original label text

Sugar, enriched bleached flour (flour, niacinferrous sulfate, thiamine, riboflavin and folic acid), fondant (cane syrup, corn syrup), shortening (intersterified soybean oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil and/or palm oil, with mono and diglycerides and polysorbate 60, tbhq, citric acid), eggs, nonfat milk, soybean oil, egg whites, margarine (butter, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, soybean oil, water, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, salt, mono and diglycerides, calcium disodium edta added as a preservative, colored with annatto, artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate added), water, food starch modified, nonfat dry milk, natural and artificial flavors, distilled monoglycerides, salt, sodium acid pyrophosphate, propylene glycol, monoester, sodium bicarbonate, lecithin, glycerine, cocoa (processed with alkali), polyglycerol of fatty acids, vanilla extract, sodium casienate (milk), fd&c blue 1 and 2, reds 3 and 40, yellow 5 and 6, ammonium alginate, gum acacia, guar gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
  • 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

2 moderate · 1 low · 8 not assessed

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