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Perfetti Van Melle Usa Inc.Snacks · 0073390014629

Mentos, Pure Sugar Free Gum, Cinnamon

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 4 additives of concern.

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Ingredients

  • Xylitol · E96751.7%No flag
  • Chewing gum base24.2%No flag
  • Sorbitol · E42012.1%No flag
  • E965ii6.1%No flag
  • Mannitol · E4213%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring1.5%No flag
  • Contains less than 2 percent of0.8%No flag
  • Glycerol · E4220.8%No flag
  • Maltodextrin0.4%No flag
  • Rice starch0.2%No flag
  • Aspartame · E951<0.1%Moderate

    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

  • Lecithin · E322i<0.1%No flag
  • Coconut fat<0.1%No flag
  • Gum arabic · E414<0.1%No flag
  • Sucrose fatty acid estersNo flag
  • Green tea extractNo flag
  • Sodium carboxymethycelluloseNo flag
  • Acesulfame k · E950Low

    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

  • Sucralose · E955Moderate

    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

  • Carnauba wax · E903No flag
  • Bht to maintain freshnessNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Carmines · E120Moderate

    Insect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic reactions.

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Xylitol, chewing gum base, sorbitol, maltitol syrup, mannitol, natural and artificial flavors; contains less than 2 percent of: glycerol, maltodextrin, rice starch, aspartame, lecithin(soy), coconut fat, gum arabic, sucrose fatty acid esters, green tea extract (0.1%), sodium carboxymethycellulose, acesulfame k, sucralose, carnauba wax, bht to maintain freshness, color (carmines)

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Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Cochineal / carmineInsect-derived red colour; documented allergic and anaphylactic reactions.
  • AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
  • SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
  • Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for these 5 ingredients yet.

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