Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Cupcake kit
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
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.
Ingredients
- Cupcake mix52.1%No flag
- Cake27.1%No flag
- Niacin · E37512%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1011.5%No flag
- Dried apple<0.1%No flag
- Fat<0.1%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435<0.1%No flag
- Baking powder<0.1%No flag
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450iNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- EmulsifierNo flag
- Mono- and diglycerides with mixed tocopherols and citric acidNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Frosting mixNo flag
- Confectioners' sugarNo flag
- Dextrin · E1400No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
- Gum arabic · E414No flag
- Silicone dioxideNo flag
- Caramel color · E150aNo 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.
- 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.
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Cupcake mix: enriched cake flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), brown sugar, sugar, dried apple, shortening (palm oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), food starch-modified (corn), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), natural and artificial flavors, emulsifier (mono and diglycerides with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), salt, baking soda. frosting mix: confectioners' sugar (sugar, corn starch), dextrin, natural and artificial flavors, gum arabic, silicone dioxide, caramel color.
Alerts
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.
- 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
- Reduced IronModerate concern
- Thiamin MononitrateModerate concern
- Folic AcidModerate concern
3 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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