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Baking Decorations · 0715483005403

Red decorating icing

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

3 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.
  3. ErythrosineModerate concernIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    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

  • Sugar53.3%No flag›
  • Soya bean23.3%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oil11.7%No flag›
  • Water5.8%No flag›
  • Corn syrup2.9%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified1.5%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.2%No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E4350.2%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
  • Fd&c red 40 · E1290.2%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Titanium dioxide · E1710.2%High

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

  • Artificial flavouring0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Red 3 · E127<0.1%Moderate

    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

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Sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, water, corn syrup, food starch-modified, salt, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, potassium sorbate, fd&c red 40, titanium dioxide, artificial flavor, citric acid, red 3.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares 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.
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

5 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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