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Sterling Foods Inc.Snacks · 0088026560043

Sterling Foods, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Wheat flour53.3%No flag›
  • Wheat flour27.1%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour13.1%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3756.5%No flag
  • Reduced iron3.3%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.6%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
  • Folic acid0.8%No flag›
  • Rasins23.3%No flag
  • Sugar11.7%No flag›
  • Margarine5.8%No flag›
  • Palm oil2.9%No flag›
  • Butter1.5%No flag›
  • Cream0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.7%No flag›
  • Water0.7%No flag›
  • Contains less than 2% of salt0.4%No flag
  • Vegetable mono- and diglycerides0.2%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 flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Includes milk<0.1%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate<0.1%No flag›
  • E160ai<0.1%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Oat flakes2.9%No flag
  • Corn syrup1.5%No flag›
  • Water0.7%No flag›
  • Molasses0.4%No flag›
  • Eggs0.2%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Natural and artificial vanilla flavorNo flag
  • WaterNo flag›
  • Propylene glycol · E490No flag
  • AlcoholNo flag›
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Glycerin · E422No flag
  • VanillinNo flag›
  • Other artificial flavorsNo flag
  • Caramel color · E150aNo flag
  • Natural vanilla flavouringNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
Show original label text

Enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), rasins, sugar, margarine [palm oil, butter (cream, salt), water, contains less than 2% of salt, vegetable mono & diglycerides, sodium benzoate (preservative), citric acid, natural flavor (includes milk), vitamin a palmitate added, beta carotene (color)], rolled oats, corn syrup, water, molasses, eggs, food starch-modified, spice, salt, sodium bicarbonate, natural & artificial vanilla flavor (water, propylene glycol, alcohol, sugar, glycerin, vanillin and other artificial flavors, caramel color and natural vanilla flavors), soy lecithin.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, 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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 moderate · 2 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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