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Peppermint bark santa candy bar, peppermint bark

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • 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. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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. Titanium dioxideHigh concernPossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
    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

  • Consist of white chocolate62.5%No flag
  • Sugar33.3%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter14.6%No flag›
  • Whole milk7.3%No flag
  • Soya lecithin3.6%No flag›
  • An emulsifier3.6%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring1.8%No flag
  • Salt1.8%No flag›
  • Dark chocolate18.8%No flag
  • Sugar9.4%No flag›
  • Chocolate4.7%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter2.3%No flag›
  • Milkfat1.2%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.6%No flag›
  • An emulsifier0.6%No flag
  • Vanillin0.6%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring0.6%No flag
  • Peppermint candy9.4%No flag
  • Sugar4.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup2.3%No flag›
  • Titanium dioxide · E1711.2%High

    Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

  • Natural peppermint flavouring0.6%No flag
  • Fd&c red #40 · E1290.6%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • And peppermint oil9.4%No flag›
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Consist of white chocolate {sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), artificial flavor, salt}, dark chocolate {sugar, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milk fat (milk), soy lecithin (an emulsifier), vanillin (an artificial flavor)}, peppermint candy (sugar, corn syrup, titanium dioxide, natural peppermint flavor, fd&c red #40), and peppermint oil.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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