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Straub's, Jo's Candies LlcSnacks · 0755350101333

Straub's, peppermint bark

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • 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. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • White chocolate62.5%No flag
  • Sugar33.8%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter14.4%No flag›
  • Whole milk powder7.2%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin3.6%No flag›
  • Vanilla3.6%No flag›
  • Dark chocolate18.8%No flag
  • Cocoa bean9.4%No flag›
  • Pure cane sugar4.7%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter2.3%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin1.2%No flag›
  • Vanilla pod1.2%No flag›
  • Peppermint candy9.4%No flag
  • Sugar4.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup2.3%No flag›
  • Vegetable pigment1.2%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a0.6%No flag
  • Peppermint oil0.3%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.3%No flag›
  • Peppermint oil9.4%No flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

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

Show original label text

White chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, soy lecithin, vanilla), dark chocolate (cacao beans, pure cane sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla beans), peppermint candy (sugar, corn syrup, vegetable juice color, caramel color, peppermint oil, soy lecithin), peppermint oil.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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