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Sweet potato pie

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

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. Sodium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    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

  • Sweet potato53.8%No flag›
  • Cane sugar12.8%No flag›
  • Wheat flour12.8%No flag›
  • Fat10.3%No flag
  • Palm oil5.1%No flag›
  • Soya oil5.1%No flag›
  • Eggs5.1%No flag›
  • Food starch-modified2.6%No flag›
  • Water1.3%No flag›
  • Whole milk powder0.6%No flag›
  • Brown cane sugar0.3%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium propionate · E281<0.1%Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • Sorbic acid · E200<0.1%No flag
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Sweet potato, cane sugar, wheat flour, shortening (palm oil and soybean oil), eggs, food starch-modified, water, whole milk powder, brown cane sugar, salt, dextrose, spice, preservatives (citric acid, sodium propionate, sorbic acid)

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
  • Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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