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Snacks · 0003003491144

Mini muffins, chocolate chip

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. Sodium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    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

  • Wheat flour51.9%No flag›
  • Flour26.3%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37512.8%No flag
  • Iron6.4%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.2%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Sugar13%No flag›
  • Water13%No flag›
  • Soya oil11%No flag›
  • Whole eggs5.5%No flag
  • Chocolate chunk2.8%No flag
  • Sugar1.4%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste0.7%No flag
  • Cocoa butter0.3%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.2%No flag›
  • Vanilla0.2%No flag›
  • Corn syrup1.4%No flag›
  • Whey0.7%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch0.3%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each0.2%No flag
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium acetate · E263<0.1%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Wheat glutenNo flag›
  • Sodium alginate · E401No flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Soya flourNo flag›
  • Propylene glycol · E490No 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
  • Sodium propionate · E281Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
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Enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, water, soybean oil, whole eggs, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla), corn syrup, whey, modified cornstarch, contains 2% or less of each: leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, mono - and diglycerides, calcium acetate, xanthan gum, guar gum, wheat gluten, sodium alginate, soy lecithin, soy flour, propylene glycol, sodium benzoate, citric acid, sodium propionate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), sodium stearoyl lactylate.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Oct 2024

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.
  • Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 7 not assessed

7 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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