Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025
Fresh Lemon Creme Cake
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
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.
Sodium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- 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
- Niacin · E3756.1%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
- Whole eggs12.1%No flag
- CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF EACH0.4%No flag
- Calcium carbonate · E170i<0.1%No flag
- Agar · E406No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E471No flag
- Raising agentNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541No flag
- Vital wheat glutenNo flag
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
- Sorbitan monostearate · E491No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium propionate · E281Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- Calcium acetate · E263No flag
- Skimmed milkNo flag
- Xanthan gum · E415No flag
- Guar gum · E412No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Pectin · E440aNo flag
- Yellow #5 · E102High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
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SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHOLE EGGS, LIQUID SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY (MILK), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH: LEMON OIL, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, LEMON PEEL, MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, AGAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), CALCIUM ACETATE, NONFAT MILK, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, SODIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID, PECTIN, YELLOW #5.
Alerts
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- WaterModerate concern
- SaltModerate concern
- MaltodextrinModerate concern
5 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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