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Snacks · 0049022025332

Original chocolate chip mini cookie bites

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • 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. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Fortified wheat flour53.6%No flag
  • Wheat flour27.4%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37513.1%No flag
  • Reduced iron6.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat23.2%No flag
  • Palm oil11.6%No flag›
  • Soya oil5.8%No flag›
  • Canola oil2.9%No flag›
  • Tocopherols · E3062.9%No flag
  • Added as an antioxidant2.9%No flag
  • Wheat flour11.6%No flag›
  • Chocolate chunk5.8%No flag
  • Sugar2.9%No flag›
  • Chocolate1.5%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter0.7%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.4%No flag›
  • An emulsifier0.4%No flag
  • Natural vanilla extract0.4%No flag
  • Sugar2.9%No flag›
  • Brown sugar1.5%No flag›
  • Corn syrup0.7%No flag›
  • Milk replacer0.4%No flag
  • Soybean protein0.2%No flag›
  • Maltodextrin<0.1%No flag›
  • Dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • Guar gum · E412<0.1%No flag
  • Beta-carotene color<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • E503ii<0.1%No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i<0.1%No flag
  • Whole egg<0.1%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a<0.1%No flag
  • Milk<0.1%No flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

  • 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.

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Bleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil, tocopherols (added as an antioxidant)), wheat flour, chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), natural vanilla extract), sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, milk replacer (soybean protein, maltodextrin, dextrose, guar gum, beta-carotene color and soy lecithin), salt, natural flavors, leavening (ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), whole egg, caramel color, milk.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • Calcium 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

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3 low · 3 not assessed

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