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pillsbury ready to use frosting bag

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 12 Nov 2023

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. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Sugar52.5%No flag›
  • Palm oil23.8%No flag›
  • Water11.9%No flag›
  • Corn syrup5.9%No flag›
  • Corn starch3%No flag›
  • Canola oil1.5%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of0.7%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.4%No flag
  • Colour0.2%No flag
  • Including yellow 5 · E102<0.1%No flag
  • Red 40 · E129<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Polysorbate 60 · E435<0.1%No flag
  • Modified corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • AntioxidantsNo flag
  • Ascorbyl palmitate · E304iNo flag
  • Mixed tocopherols · E306No flag
  • CamomileNo flag
  • Rosemary extracts · E392No flag
  • IngredientsNo flag
  • Contains a bioengineered food ingredientNo flag
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sugar, palm oil, water, corn syrup, corn starch, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: salt, mono - and diglycerides, artificial color (including yellow 5 and red 40), polysorbate 60, modified corn starch, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), soy lecithin, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, antioxidants (ascorbyl palmitate, mixed tocopherols, chamomile and rosemary extracts), contains soybean ingredients, contains a bioengineered food ingredient,

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 12 Nov 2023

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 4 low · 3 not assessed

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