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Marketside, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Snacks · 0681131124591

Marketside, exquisite red velvet cake by the slice

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
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • 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. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Sugar52.1%No flag›
  • Confectioners sugar24%No flag
  • Fortified wheat flour12%No flag
  • Wheat flour6%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.7%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat6%No flag
  • Palm3%No flag
  • Soya oil1.5%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglyerides1.5%No flag
  • Milk3%No flag›
  • Eggs1.5%No flag›
  • Egg yolks0.7%No flag›
  • Margarine0.4%No flag›
  • Palm oil0.2%No flag›
  • Fractionated palm oil<0.1%No flag
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Distilled monoglyceridesNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Butter natural flavouringNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Vitamin aNo flag›
  • E160aiNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Cream cheese0.2%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk<0.1%No flag
  • Cream<0.1%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Carob bean gum · E410<0.1%No flag
  • Neufchatel cheese<0.1%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk<0.1%No flag
  • Cream<0.1%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments<0.1%No flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Carob bean gum · E410No flag
  • Water<0.1%No flag›
  • White chocolate shavings<0.1%No flag
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Cocoa butterNo flag›
  • Whole milk powderNo flag›
  • LactoseNo flag›
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Natural vanillaNo flag
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • CocoaNo flag›
  • Fd and c red #40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Natural vanilla flavouringNo flag
  • Baking powderNo flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Aluminium sodium sulfate · E521No flag
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • Lemon juiceNo flag›
  • FlourNo flag›
  • Fortified wheat flourNo flag
  • Niacin · E375No flag
  • Reduced ironNo flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrateNo flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • Folic acidNo flag›
  • Barley malt flourNo flag›
  • Potassium bromate · E924No flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Modified corn starchNo flag›
  • Corn syrupNo flag›
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
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Sugar, confectioners sugar, bleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (palm and soybean oils, mono-and diglyerides), milk, eggs, egg yolks, margarine (palm oil, fractionated palm oil, soybean oil, water, salt, distilled monoglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], natural butter flavor, citric acid [preservative], vitamin a & beta carotene [color]), cream cheese (pasteurized milk, cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), neufchatel cheese (pasteurized milk, cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), water, white chocolate shavings (sugar, cocoa butter, dry whole milk, lactose, whey, soy lecithin, natural vanilla), soybean oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), fd & c red #40, natural vanilla flavor, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, aluminium sodium sulfate, cornstarch), lemon juice, bromated flour (bleached enriched wheat flour [niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], malted barley flour, potassium bromate), salt, modified cornstarch, corn syrup, guar gum, xanthan gum.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, 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.
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 2 low · 9 not assessed

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