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Snacks · 0890288002816

Pound cake

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Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed
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  • Cake51.7%—
  • Sugar51.7%—›
  • Fortified wheat flour24.1%—
  • Flour12.1%—›
  • E3756%—
  • Reduced iron3%—›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.5%—›
  • E1010.8%—
  • Folic acid0.8%—›
  • Eggs12.1%—›
  • Soya bean6%—›
  • Canola oil3%—›
  • Water1.5%—›
  • Modified corn starch0.8%—›
  • Skimmed milk0.4%—
  • Unsalted butter0.2%—
  • E500ii<0.1%—
  • Wheat starch<0.1%—›
  • Salt<0.1%—›
  • Dextrose<0.1%—›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring—
  • E466⚠ Low
  • E281⚠ Low
  • Preservative—
  • E541—
  • E102⚠ High
  • E110⚠ High
  • Icing—
  • Sugar—›
  • Water—›
  • Corn syrup—›
  • E471—
  • E406—
  • Artificial flavouring—
  • E202—
  • Preservative—
  • E410—
  • E330—
  • E171⚠ High
  • Colour—
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Cake: sugar, bleached enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, soybean and/or canola oil, water, modified cornstarch, nonfat milk, unsalted butter (milk), baking soda, wheat starch, salt, dextrose, natural and artificial flavor, cellulose gum, sodium propionate (preservative), sodium aluminium phosphate, yellow 5, yellow 6. icing: sugar, water, corn syrup, mono-and diglycerides, agar, artificial flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), locust bean gum, citric acid, titanium dioxide (color).

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

⚠Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton 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.
  • Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

  1. 01EGGCompoundNot assessed
  2. 02SOYBEANCompoundNot assessed
  3. 03CANOLA OILCompoundNot assessed
  4. 04AQUAHydrationNot assessed
  5. 05HETASTARCHCompoundNot assessed
  6. 06STARCH 1551CompoundNot assessed
  7. 07SALTCompoundNot assessed
  8. 08GLUCOSE MONOHYDRATE [WHO-IP]CompoundNot assessed
  9. 09GLUCOSECompoundNot assessed
  10. 10DEXTROSECompoundNot assessed
  11. 11CORN SYRUPCompoundNot assessed
  12. 12Syrups, hydrolyzed starch, dehydratedCompoundNot assessed

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