Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Shortbread cookies
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
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.
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.
Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- 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.
Ingredients
- Fortified wheat flour53.8%No flag
- Niacin · E3756.6%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
- Cream salt11.5%No flag
- Annatto · E160b11.5%Low
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- Crystal sugar11.5%No flag
- Pure vanilla extract0.2%No flag
- Ethyl alcohol · E1510<0.1%No flag
- Natural red color<0.1%No flag
- Beetroot<0.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Natural blue color<0.1%No flag
- Vegetable<0.1%No flag
- Natural yellow color<0.1%No flag
- Caramel color · E150a<0.1%No flag
- Natural black color<0.1%No flag
- Caramel color · E150a<0.1%No flag
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
Show original label text
Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), butter (cream salt, annatto), crystal sugar, cane sugar, eggs, powdered cane sugar (sugar, corn starch), water, egg whites, pure vanilla extract (water, ethyl alcohol (35%), vanilla beans), natural red color (beets, citric acid), natural blue color (vegetable, fruit juices), natural yellow color (turmeric, caramel color), natural black color (caramel color, vegetable juice).
Alerts
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.
- Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Cane SugarLow concern
- WaterLow concern
3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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