Declared allergens
This product declares Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 6 Dec 2024
Parkay, 60% vegetable oil spread
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Soy
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 6 Dec 2024
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Phosphoric acidMinor concernAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some 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.
Ingredients
- Contains less than 2% of the following1%No flag
- Vegetable monoglycerides1%No flag
- Emulsifiers1%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2021%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2111%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- To preserve freshness1%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring1%No flag
- Phosphoric acid · E3381%Low
Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
- Colored with beta carotene8.6%No flag
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liquid soybean oil, water, salt, contains less than 2% of the following: hydrogenated cottonseed oil, vegetable monoglycerides and soy lecithin (emulsifiers), potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness), natural and artificial flavor, phosphoric acid (acidulant), vitamin a palmitate, colored with beta carotene (source of vitamin a),
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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.
- Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Retinyl PalmitateHigh concern
- WaterLow concern
- SaltLow concern
2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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