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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • 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. 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

  • Fortified wheat flour53.6%No flag
  • Wheat flour27.4%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37513.1%No flag
  • Reduced iron6.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.3%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Sugar17.2%No flag›
  • Water14.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat7.3%No flag
  • Soya oil3.7%No flag›
  • Soya oil3.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable margarine3.7%No flag
  • Soya oil1.8%No flag›
  • Palm oil0.9%No flag›
  • Palm kernel oil0.5%No flag›
  • Skimmed milk0.2%No flag
  • Cultured skim milk0.1%No flag
  • Contains 2% and less of<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides and soy lecithin<0.1%No flag
  • Used as emulsifiers<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2111.8%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • To preserve freshness1.8%No flag
  • Retinyl palmitate0.9%No flag›
  • Colored with beta carotene0.5%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.5%No flag
  • Corn syrup solids0.2%No flag›
  • Whole egg0.1%No flag
  • Whole egg<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium silico aluminate<0.1%No flag
  • Processing aid<0.1%No flag
  • Skimmed milk powder<0.1%No flag
  • Honey<0.1%No flag›
  • Honey<0.1%No flag›
  • Invert sugar syrupNo flag›
  • Wheat starchNo flag›
  • Soya flourNo flag›
  • Calcium stearateNo flag›
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Baking soda natural and artificial flavor<0.1%No flag
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Enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, water, vegetable shortening (soybean oil, fully hydrogenated soybean oil), vegetable margarine (liquid soybean oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, skim milk, cultured skim milk, contains 2% or less of: salt, mono and diglycerides and soy lecithin [used as emulsifiers), sodium benzoate [to preserve freshness], vitamin a palmitate, colored with beta carotene (source of vitamin a], natural and artificial flavors), corn syrup solids, whole egg solids (whole egg solids, sodium silico aluminate [processing aid]), pasteurized non-fat dry milk, honey (honey, invert syrup, wheat starch, soy flour, calcium stearate, soy lecithin), salt, baking soda natural and artificial flavor (milk)

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Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, 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
  • 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

1 high · 2 moderate · 2 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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