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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0003003408824

Oat cereal

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Potassium phosphates).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

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

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Potassium 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Wholemeal oat flour52.1%No flag
  • Modified corn starch24%No flag›
  • Wheat starch12%No flag›
  • Sugar3.3%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of0.7%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i0.7%No flag
  • Oat fibre0.7%No flag
  • E340iii0.7%No flag
  • Vitamin c0.7%No flag›
  • Sodium ascorbate · E3010.7%No flag
  • Preservative0.7%No flag
  • Tocopherols · E3060.7%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.7%No flag›
  • Vitamin a0.7%No flag›
  • Retinyl palmitate0.7%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3750.7%No flag
  • Zinc0.7%No flag›
  • Zinc oxide0.7%No flag›
  • Vitamin b60.7%No flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.7%No flag›
  • Vitamins0.7%No flag›
  • Vitamin b2 · E1010.3%No flag
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Vitamin d<0.1%No flag›
  • Cholecalciferol<0.1%No flag›
  • Thiamin<0.1%No flag›
  • Thiamine hydrocholride<0.1%No flag
  • Folic acid<0.1%No flag›
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Annatto · E160b<0.1%No flag
  • Vitamin b12No flag›
  • CyanocobalaminNo flag›
  • Bht added to packaging to help preserve freshnessNo flag
  • Potassium phosphates (E340)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Whole oat flour, modified corn starch, wheat starch, sugar. contains 2% or less of: salt, calcium carbonate, oat fiber, tripotassium phosphate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), preservative (tocopherols), reduced iron, vitamin a (palmitate), niacinamide, zinc (zinc oxide), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin d (cholecalciferol), vitamin b1 (thiamine hydrocholride), folic acid, color (annatto extract), vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin). bht added to packaging to help preserve freshness.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Potassium phosphatesInorganic 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

1 critical · 5 low · 7 not assessed

7 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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