Declared allergens
This product declares Egg, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Meringue pie
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Tartrazine).
- Critical
Allergens
- Egg
- Gluten
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.
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.
Ingredients
- Fortified wheat flour12.3%No flag
- Niacin · E3756.1%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
- Triethyl citrate · E15052.9%No flag
- Xanthan gum · E4151.5%No flag
- Ehh yolks1.5%No flag
- Carob bean gum · E4100.1%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
- As a preservative<0.1%No flag
- Agar · E406<0.1%No flag
- Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Glucono delta lactone · E575No flag
- Sorbic acid · E200No flag
- Cream of tartar · E336iNo flag
- Sodium phosphate · E339No flag
- Sodoium aluminium sulphateNo flag
- ColourNo flag
- Fd&c yellow #5 · E102High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Blur #1No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- A preservativeNo flag
- Natural flavouringNo flag
- Guar gum · E412No flag
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Water, sugar, unbleached enriched wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, egg whites (triethyl citrate, water, xanthan gum), modified food starch (corn), ehh yolks, lime puree, salt, dextrose, carob bean gum,. potassium sorbate (as a preservative), agar, natural flavor, glucono delta lactone, sorbic acid, cream of tartar, sodium phosphate, sodoium aluminium sulphate, artificial color (water, fd&c yellow #5, blur #1, citric acid and sodium benzoate (a preservative)), natural flavor, vanillin, guar gum.
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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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
4 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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