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Meijer, mini cookies, chocolate chip
MeijerSnacks · 0713733292030

Meijer, mini cookies, chocolate chip

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • 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. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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

  • Flour52.8%No flag›
  • Wheat flour26.9%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37513%No flag
  • Reduced iron6.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.2%No flag›
  • Thiamin3.2%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Vitamin b2 · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Wheat flour23.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat11.8%No flag
  • Palm oil5.9%No flag›
  • Soya oil3%No flag›
  • Canola oil1.5%No flag›
  • Tocopherols · E3060.7%No flag
  • Added as an antioxidant0.7%No flag
  • Chocolate chunk0.4%No flag
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste<0.1%No flag
  • Cocoa butter<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • And vanilla<0.1%No flag›
  • Sugar0.2%No flag›
  • Brown sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Corn syrup<0.1%No flag›
  • Milk replacer<0.1%No flag
  • Protein<0.1%No flag
  • MaltodextrinNo flag›
  • CereloseNo flag›
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • E160aiNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Raising agentNo flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • E503iiNo flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Caramel color · E150aNo flag
  • Whole eggNo flag
  • Corn syrup solidsNo flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

  • 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

Bleached enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid), wheat flour, vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil, tocopherols (added as an antioxidant), chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, and vanilla), sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, milk replacer - (contains: soy protein, maltodextrin, cerelose, guar gum, beta carotene and soy lecithin), salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), natural & artificial flavor, caramel color, whole egg solids, corn syrup solids.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares 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
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • 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

4 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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