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Snacks · 0077890434239

Star decorated shortbread cookies

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Titanium dioxide).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Sugar44.5%No flag›
  • Fortified wheat flour22.5%No flag
  • Wheat flour11.4%No flag›
  • Malted barley5.6%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3752.8%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.4%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.7%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.3%No flag
  • Folic acid0.3%No flag›
  • Wheat flour15.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable oils9.7%No flag›
  • Canola5.3%No flag›
  • Palm and palm kernel oil4.3%No flag
  • Butter4.8%No flag›
  • Corn syrup2.4%No flag›
  • Eggs1.2%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat0.6%No flag
  • Palm0.6%No flag
  • Soya oilNo flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
  • And less of eachNo flag
  • Vital wheat glutenNo flag
  • WaterNo flag›
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Titanium dioxide · E171High

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

  • Vegetable juiceNo flag›
  • SpirulinaNo flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Cultured dextroseNo flag›
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Potato starchNo flag›
  • Sunflower lecithinNo flag›
  • Caranuba waxNo flag
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Sugar, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat flour, vegetable oils (canola, palm & palm kernel), butter, corn syrup, eggs, vegetable shortening (palm & soybean oil, mono & diglycerides), 2% or less of each: vital wheat gluten, water, cornstarch, salt, natural flavor, coloring (titanium dioxide, vegetable juices, spirulina, riboflavin), citric acid, cultured dextrose, soy lecithin, potato starch, sunflower lecithin, caranuba wax.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 5 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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