Skip to content
Saving recent analysis
No image yet
Snacks · 0691355898376

Milk chocolate

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
  • 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. 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. ErythrosineModerate concernIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    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

  • Milk chocolate62.5%No flag
  • Sugar33.3%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter14.6%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste7.3%No flag
  • Whole milk powder3.6%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin1.8%No flag›
  • Emulsifier1.8%No flag
  • Natural vanilla extract1.8%No flag
  • Potato18.8%No flag›
  • Potatoes9.4%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil4.7%No flag›
  • Sunflower2.3%No flag›
  • Corn1.2%No flag›
  • Canola oil1.2%No flag›
  • Salt4.7%No flag›
  • Imitation bacon bits9.4%No flag
  • Soya flour4.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil2.3%No flag›
  • Soya bean2.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Dextrose0.3%No flag›
  • Fd&c red 3 · E1270.3%Moderate

    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

  • Red 40 · E1291.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Sea salt9.4%No flag›
Show original label text

Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural vanilla extract), potato chips (potatoes, vegetable oil [sunflower, corn and/or canola oil], salt), imitation bacon bits (textured soy flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean], salt, natural and artificial flavors, dextrose, fd&c red 3, red 40), sea salt.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 2 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

Trust & sources

Where this product data comes from

How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

Image cache

No product image yet

Pending enrichment

Ingredient content

Normalized label parsed

4 items

Your context

Through your lens

Everyday use

A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Change lens

Recent scans

See all

Products you open appear here on this device.