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Snacks · 0070784003689

Peanut butter wafers

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Sodium propionate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten
  • Peanut
  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    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

  • Peanut paste52.8%No flag
  • Peanuts28.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated vegetable oil23.9%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oil0.3%No flag›
  • Canola oil0.2%No flag›
  • Soya oil23.5%No flag›
  • Sugar17.9%No flag›
  • Flour14.7%No flag›
  • Wheat flour7.3%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753.7%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.8%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.9%No flag›
  • Thiamin0.9%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.5%No flag
  • Vitamin b2 · E1010.5%No flag
  • Folic acid0.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose7.3%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated palm kernel oil3.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat1.8%No flag
  • Palm0.9%No flag
  • Soya oil0.9%No flag›
  • Cocoa0.9%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each of the following0.5%No flag
  • Water0.5%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.2%No flag›
  • Soya oil0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • E503ii<0.1%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
  • Skimmed milkNo flag
  • Sodium propionate · E281Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • Sorbic acid · E200No flag
  • To retard spoilageNo flag
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Peanut butter (peanuts, salt, hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed oil, canola oil, and/or soybean oil]), sugar, enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], dextrose, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, vegetable shortening (palm and soybean oil), cocoa, contains 2% or less of each of the following: water, soy lecithin, soybean oil, salt, leavening (baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate), natural and artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, nonfat milk, sodium propionate and sorbic acid (to retard spoilage).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Peanut, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 8 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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