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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0075450239935

Short cuts apple tray dip

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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

  • Apple55.6%No flag›
  • Caramel apple dip22.2%No flag
  • Cream cheese11.1%No flag
  • Pasteurised milk5.6%No flag
  • Cream2.8%No flag›
  • Lactic ferments1.4%No flag
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Carob bean gum · E4100.7%No flag
  • Icing sugar5.6%No flag
  • Brown sugar2.8%No flag›
  • Imitation vanilla flavor1.4%No flag
  • Water0.7%No flag›
  • Vanillin0.3%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a0.2%No flag
  • Ethly vanillin<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<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
  • Water0.7%No flag›
  • Imitation maple flavor0.3%No flag
  • Water0.3%No flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Apple, caramel apple dip (cream cheese [pasteurized milk, pasteurized cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum], powdered sugar, brown sugar, imitation vanilla flavor [water, vanillin, caramel color, ethly vanillin, citric acid, sodium benzoate {preservative}], water, imitation maple flavor [water.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • 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

2 low · 1 not assessed

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