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Savory FoodsSnacks · 0733549038325

Chocolatey chunk cookie

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Gluten
  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.
  2. Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    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

  • Flour53.6%No flag›
  • Wheat flour28.6%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour25%No flag›
  • Dark chocolate23.2%No flag
  • Sugar11.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil5.8%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil2.9%No flag›
  • Palm2.9%No flag
  • Cocoa2.9%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk1.5%No flag
  • Cocoa processed with alkali0.7%No flag
  • Vanilla0.4%No flag›
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Sorbitan tristearate · E492<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Emulsifiers<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Sugar11.6%No flag›
  • Brown sugar5.8%No flag›
  • Granulated sugar2.9%No flag
  • Cane sugar molasses2.9%No flag
  • Margarine2.9%No flag›
  • Palm oil1.5%No flag›
  • Water0.7%No flag›
  • Soybean oil salt0.4%No flag
  • Vegetable mono- and diglycerides0.2%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<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.

  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • E160aiNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Butter1.5%No flag›
  • Cream0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Apple sauce0.7%No flag
  • Apple0.4%No flag›
  • Water0.4%No flag›
  • Invert sugar0.4%No flag›
  • Vanilla0.2%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Canola oil<0.1%No flag›
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Sunflower lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Hydrolyzed sunflower lecithinNo flag
  • E341iiiNo flag
  • Anti-caking agentNo flag
  • Rice flourNo flag›
  • Baking powder<0.1%No flag
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Anhydrous sodium aluminum sulfateNo flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Show original label text

Flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour), dark chocolate (sugar, vegetable oil [palm kernel and hydrogenated palm], cocoa, skim milk, cocoa processed with alkali, vanilla, natural and artificial flavors, sorbitan tristearate and soy lecithin [emulsifiers], salt), sugar, brown sugar (granulated sugar, refined cane molasses syrup), margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil salt, vegetable mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate added, whey), butter (pasteurized cream, salt), apple sauce (apples, water), invert sugar, vanilla, salt, canola oil, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), sunflower lecithin (minimum 50% hydrolyzed sunflower lecithin, tricalcium phosphate [anti-caking agent], rice flour), baking powder (corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, anhydrous sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Gluten, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 5 low · 4 not assessed

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