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Sea salt caramels dark chocolate
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Sea salt caramels dark chocolate

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Apr 2023

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Potassium 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.
  2. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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

  • Caramel · E15074.6%No flag
  • Corn syrup40.4%No flag›
  • Sweetened condensed milk17.1%No flag
  • Milk8.6%No flag›
  • Sugar8.6%No flag›
  • Evaporated milk8.6%No flag
  • Milk4.3%No flag›
  • E340ii2.1%No flag
  • Carrageenan · E4071.1%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Cholecalciferol1.1%No flag›
  • Coconut oil4.3%No flag›
  • Sugar2.1%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4711.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring0.5%No flag
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Dark chocolate12.7%No flag
  • Sugar6.3%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste3.2%No flag
  • Cocoa butter1.6%No flag›
  • Milkfat0.8%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.4%No flag›
  • Vanilla0.4%No flag›
  • Sea salt12.7%No flag›
  • Potassium phosphates (E340)Low

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

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Caramel (corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk [milk, sugar], evaporated milk [milk, dipotassium phosphate, carrageenan, vitamin d3], coconut oil, sugar, mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, salt), dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor*, cocoa butter*, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanilla), sea salt.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Apr 2023

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Potassium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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