Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Mini cupcakes
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
4 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
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.
DiphosphatesMinor 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.
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- 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
- Cream cheese3.1%No flag
- Skimmed milk0.8%No flag
- Cocoa processed with alkali<0.1%No flag
- Raising agentNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541No flag
- E341iiNo flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
- Contains 2% and less ofNo flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Raising agentNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541No flag
- Modified wheyNo flag
- Xanthan gum · E415No flag
- Guar gum · E412No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- Vital wheat glutenNo flag
- Modified tapioca starchNo flag
- Carob bean locust beanNo flag
- Propylene glycol mono- and diesters of fatty acidsNo flag
- Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- Cellulose gum · E466Low
Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- E450iiiNo flag
- Red color #40No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Colored with beta caroteneNo flag
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
- Sorbitan monostearate · E491No flag
- Calcium acetate · E263No flag
- 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.
- Diphosphates (E450)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
Sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), egg, butter, cream cheese, water, nonfat milk, vanilla, soybean oil, salt, egg white, cocoa processed with alkali, egg yolk, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk fat, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: mono and diglycerides, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified whey, xanthan gum, guar gum, natural and artificial flavor, vital wheat gluten, vanillin, modified tapioca starch, carob powder, vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated soy and cottonseed), high fructose corn syrup, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, dextrose, maltodextrin, potassium sorbate (preservative), cellulose gum, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, red color #40, polysorbate 60, cornstarch, partially hydrogenated soybean and palm oils, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate, citric acid, vitamin a palmitate, colored with beta carotene, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sorbitan monostearate, calcium acetate.
Alerts
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- VanillaHigh concern
- Retinyl PalmitateHigh concern
- WaterModerate concern
12 of 22 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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