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Belgium milk chocolate shortbread cookies
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Diphosphates).
- Critical
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 27 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Ingredients
- Niacin · E3752.2%No flag
- Belgian milk chocolate25.5%No flag
- Cocoa paste2.3%No flag
- Emulsifier2%No flag
- Flavouring1.8%No flag
- Skimmed milk2.7%No flag
- Raising agents2%No flag
- Diphosphates · E4501.5%Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Sodium carbonates · E5000.4%No flag
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Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), Belgian milk chocolate (26%) (sugar, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithins), flavouring), Butter (milk) (20%), Sugar, Maize starch, Dried skimmed milk, Raising agents (diphosphates, sodium carbonates), Salt.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- DiphosphatesInorganic 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
- SaltModerate concern
- SugarLow concern
- Corn StarchLow concern
2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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